The Lok Sabha tonight okayed a new farmer-friendly land acquisition Bill that promises to address landowners’ concerns as regards relief and rehabilitation.
Industry says legislation will increase cost and timeframe for setting up new enterprises
The Lok Sabha on Thursday adopted with an overwhelming majority a more consultative process of acquiring land — but also more rigorous and time-consuming — to replace an antediluvian law dating back to 1894. The Bill was passed with 216 votes in favour and 19 against it.
The long-pending Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday night after Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh assured the House that
This is text of the The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2013 (Land Acquisition Bill) passed in the Lok Sabha.
The Bill will replace a law enacted in 1894 during British rule
The Lok Sabha on Thursday started debating the Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation Bill that seeks to give fair compensation to those who lose their land.
The Bill will replace a law enacted in 1894 during British rule.
After the passage of the landmark food security bill, the Lok Sabha is Thursday set to debate and pass another key legislation of the UPA government -- the land acquisition and rehabilitation bill,
Land rights group calls for a direct relationship between the farmer and the government
In keeping with the Gandhian principle of equality and Babasaheb Ambedkar’s notions of social justice, the land rights organisation Bhumi Bachao Andolan has mooted the idea of “Kisan Sarkar Sajhedari’’ (Farmer-government partnership) for establishing a direct relationship between the farmer and the government, without mediators.
Court order comes on hearing of a special leave petition filed by WB govt challenging quashing of Singur Land Acquisition Act
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Tata Motors to make its stand clear on its leasehold rights over the Singur land, as the company had already moved its small car project out of West Bengal.
JABALPUR: Cabinet minister for water resources, Jayant Malaiya, arbitrarily and with mala fide intentions shifted the site of Pancham Nagar dam project to benefit a particular community purely with
