Industry

 New nabobs

Will SEZs be fiefdoms, beyond the law?

Publication Date: 
14/11/2006
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Land Resources, Land Ownership, Wasteland Development, Trade, Economy, Displacement, Farmers, Economic Development, Poverty, Industry, India, Statistics, Globalisation, Rural Poverty
Poverty

 Anti Naxal operations a cover for exploiting tribal people

the Salwa Judum movement, an armed counter-Naxalite campaign in Chhattisgarh comprising of local tribal and non-tribal people backed by the state, is precipitating a deeper crisis in the state

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
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Land Resources, Land Ownership, Land Reforms, Tribals, Conflicts, Poverty, Industry, India, Chhattisgarh, Naxalites, Rural Poverty
Industry

 Drama around Tata's proposed car plant in West Bengal

the furore over Tata's proposed Rs 1,000 crore small car plant in Singur, Hooghly may be creating rifts among longtime Left partners, it's also helping bring old foes together. But the fear of being

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Maureen Nandini Mitra
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Land Resources, Singur, Farmers, Conflicts, Industry, Auto Industry, Politics, India, West Bengal
Industry

 SEZs get a social face

in orderto allay fears of tax evasion and land grab, the Board of Approval (boa) for special economic zones (sezs) recently issued fresh guidelines for building social infrastructure, hospitals,

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Nidhi Jamwal
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Land Resources, Land Ownership, Renewable Energy, Farmers, Industry, India, Maharashtra, Statistics
Industry

 A concession called SEZ, all for foreign exchange

Special Economic Zones barter away democracy

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Mahesh Pandya & Hiral Mehta
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Land Resources, Development, Economy, Displacement, Industry, Legislation, India, Globalisation
Environment

 IN COURT

Lebanon to sue Israel: Lebanon is preparing legal action to sue Israel for damages over a huge oil spill, which occurred when Israeli warplanes bombed the Jiyyeh power station on the Mediterranean

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
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Environment, Oil Pollution, Wetlands, Land Resources, Land Ownership, Oil Exploration, War, Israel, Lebanon, Marine Pollution
Industry

 Red alert in Chhattisgarh

Land acquisition is at the centre of intense political and social disputes in the tribal hinterland of Chhattisgarh. On the one hand, Naxal extremists enforce their version of justice by opposing land alienation. But the new state has its compulsion

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
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Land Resources, Land Ownership, Mining, Mineral-Based Industry, Tribals, Conflicts, Industry, Human Rights, India, Chhattisgarh, Naxalites
Industry

 Another India is (not) ours

At a media studded book release function, a leading editor was recounting a recent incident. He was travelling with a top Uttar Pradesh politician who we will not name but call Mr A in his brand

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Sunita Narain
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Land Resources, Land Ownership, Development, Displacement, Farmers, Compensation, Subsidies, Poverty, Industry, Private Sector, Governance, India, Corruption
Economy

 Union ministries clash over SEZ

the plot around special economic zones (sezs) in India thickens with a recent decision of the empowered group of ministers (egom) on sezs to remove a cap of 150 on the number of such zones in the

Publication Date: 
29/09/2006
Nidhi Jamwal
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Grazing Lands, Land Resources, Land Ownership, Agriculture, Economy, Industry, NGO, India, Maharashtra
Industry

 In court

penalised: A US-based water company, United Utilities Plc, has been prosecuted for the fourth time this year. A UK court asked it to pay about US $18,600 as penalty for discharging 56,000 cubic

Publication Date: 
29/06/2006
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River Pollution, Land Resources, Mining, Waste Disposal, Tribals, Industry, Supreme Court

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