legal update

MoEFCC provides relaxation for up to 20% expansion for mines like Iron, Manganese, Bauxite & Limestone. After requests from the Ministry of Mines & other interested parties for simplification of Environmental Clearance (EC) for mining of Iron, Manganese, Bauxite & Limestone, the joint appraisal committee decided that the mines having a 5-star rating, which had…

Urban Development Authority has released a circular on fire NOC for the factory to be obtained from Director of Industrial Safety & Health (DISH). Fire department under local authority will continue to issue fire NOC for residential and commercial establishment. All factories who have obtained fire NOC from fire department from local authority, may approach…

It is legal obligation to provide rainwater harvesting system for upcoming & existing constructions projects in Bangalore as per Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage (Amendment) Act, 2021 released by Department of Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation Secretariat, Karnataka. As per legal provision the rainwater harvesting system is mandatory for … (1) Any upcoming construction with a…

MOEFCC has released Environment (Protection) Third & Fourth Amendment Rules, 2021 which define revised discharge standards of effluent from tannery industry applicable to all modes of disposal. As per the third amendment rules, revised standards are applicable with immediate effect. However, as per fourth amendment rules, revised discharge standards of effluent from tannery industry are…

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, in its continuous effort to enhance road safety and reduce environmental impact, has recently introduced the Central Motor Vehicles (Twenty-second Amendment) Rules, 2021. These amendments mark a significant step forward in regulating vehicle Emission Standards and Effective Dates. The first major amendment involves the measurement of emissions over…

The Labour and Employment Department of Himachal Pradesh has released the Himachal Pradesh Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2021 as per legal updates amendments: (1) The board may provide financial assistance for the education of the children of the beneficiary. (2) Schemes like Female Birth Gift Scheme, Mentally…

MOEFCC has released Plastic Waste Management (Second Amendment) Rules, 2021. As per the revised amended legal provision: Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change vide notification dated 12th August 2021,  The amendment basically aims to prohibit identified single-use plastic items, having low utility and high littering potentials, by the year 2022. (1) The…