POSCO PROJECT TIMELINE

2005

JUN 22: Posco signs MoU with Odisha govt to set up a 12 million tonne greenfield steel plant near Paradip at $12 billion AUG: Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) formed

2008

AUG 8: SC upholds “in principle” clearance for use of forestland for the project

2009

DEC 29: The environment ministry grants final clearance for diversion of forest land

2010

JUL 14: Odisha HC cancels grant of prospecting licence to Posco for Khadadhar iron ore mines OCT 29: Odisha govt moves the Supreme Court against the HC order

2011

JAN 31: MoEF gives conditional environment clearance to the Posco project

2012

MAR 30: NGT suspends the environment clearance granted to Posco

2013

MAY: Odisha announces acquisition of 2,700 acres to enable the company start work MAY 10: SC strikes down the HC order

2014

NOV: Odisha govt sends proposal for notified area of the proposed mining lease after the Centre asks it to clearly demarcate the notified and non-notified areas in the lease

2015

JAN 12: Centre promulgates MMDR Amendment Ordinance, 2015, which prescribes allotment of mining lease on auction basis