* Stress on speedy conviction of illegal occupants

Will not just help provide livelihood, but also protect land

The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) today proposed a unique land policy, which, while securing the land rights of the people living in the hills and wetlands in and around the city, also envisa

An initiative to save the State's community land

Rajasthan has pioneered an initiative to save its community land by preparing a draft policy. The State is the first to bring out a “Common Land Policy” on the lines of the National Policy for Common Property Resource Lands (Common Lands), 2002.

The government has issued a series of orders to facilitate the process and aims to complete the demarcation of such land within the purview of the gram panchayats and under common use such as grazing lands, common ponds and their catchment areas, playgrounds. The state government has also issued orders facilitating the utilisation of MGNREGA funds for improving the productivity of common land and has issued operational guidelines.

The tribal and some other organizations of Attappady here on Wednesday have rejected Government offer to return 85.21 acres of land encroached by multinational windmill companies and the income from two windmills constructed in it.

KALAIGAON, Sept 16 – Large-scale human encroachment on the age-old elephant corridors of Udalguri district is posing a serious threat to the ecology of the district as well as the State.

JAIPUR: Taking a strong stand against encroachments in and around the Ramgarh Dam catchment area, the high court on Thursday directed the state government to cancel all land allotments that are ham

Commodities group Glencore released its first sustainability report on Wednesday showing it paid $780,000 in major environmental fines last year and had 18 fatalities.

To ensure that the land use is not changed by the owners who have been allotted the plots on concessional rate and to keep a check on encroachments, the urban development and housing department will appoint an independent agency or conduct a third party inspection regularly.