Government Bowing To TATA Pressure Is Now In The Open

This shocking revelation of corporates influencing government decisions emerged from file notings recently obtained by Greenpeace through an RTI application. It is in sharp contradiction to the Ministry's own strictures against Vedanta, Adarsh Society and the Lavasa Township.

The file noting by Jairam Ramesh (1) admits that there is a probable legal violation, but argues in favour of condoning it on the grounds that “the port itself is nearing completion. Had construction not commenced, we could have taken a decision unequivocally not to let the project proceed at the site whose “forest status" is disputed." Read the full report here.

Source: Business Standard.