Jairam To Discuss Posco Fate Today

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 30 No. 10, October 2010

 

"No decision was taken today and it has been deferred till tomorrow. The matter will be discussed with the minister tomorrow and though the FAC has come up with two-three courses of action, they will come up with a final decision before meeting the minister," said an environment ministry official.

 

An FAC member said: "The meeting was a confidential matter." The committee met today, a week after the government-appointed Meena Gupta panel could not unanimously decide on the project’s future, as three of the four members of the committee suggested scrapping the environmental clearances given to it, while the fourth, Gupta, recommended a go-ahead. Read the full report here.

 

Source: B.S. Reporters, Sify Finance.

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