No proposal for Environmental Clearance pending for Mahadayi: Centre

The Indian government has stated that there is no proposal for Environmental Clearance pending for the Mahadayi river. Karnataka officials argue that an Environmental Clearance is not needed for a drinking water project, making a question raised by a Goa MP in the Lok Sabha irrelevant.

In a separate development, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in Pakistan has rejected a federal proposal to deduct Rs6.4 billion from federal transfers payable to the provinces, according to Dawn. The Finance Ministry had informed the Accountant General of Pakistan Revenues about the proposed deduction on August 5.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Department wrote to the Accountant General, stating that the provincial cabinet had not approved the federal government's proposed deduction and no budgetary provision had been made for it in the provincial budget for FY 2026-27.

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