On October 18th, 2022, Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has recommended that the ‘environmental release’ of the genetically modified (GM) mustard variety DMH (Dhara Mustard Hybrid)-11. . .

In January 2022, various environmental, human rights and socio-political activists of West Bengal came together to form a platform called ‘Poribesh Odhikar Andolon’. The immediate context of forming the platform is the need to forge. . .

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has notified the new Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2022 (FCR, 2022) under the Forest (Conservation) Act on 28 June replacing earlier Forest (Conservation) Rules notified in 2003. . .

Deocha Pachami coal block, situated at Mohammadbazar block in Birbhum district of West Bengal has been reported as the largest coal mine in Asia and second largest in the world. It has been allocated to. . .