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The Delhi cabinet has decided to grant a special rehabilitation package, a one-time gesture to farmers of Delhi whose lands are being acquired for various government projects.

Makarand Gadgil / Pen (maharashtra) September 20, 2008, 0:29 IST

Two days before the Maharashtra government is to hold a referendum in 22 villages of Raigad district to know the farmers

Shimla: "The Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the present scenario would reverse what was achieved over decades through implementation of land reforms to re-distribute over two million hectare of land to the landless." A national conference on economic and social perspectives of SEZs at Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla, opened on Thursday morning with this statement made by presid

Company must use land immediately: Minister 1,000 acres needed in a contiguous
parcel, says Ravi Kant

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Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee enters the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata on Friday to meet West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi to discuss the Singur issue. There was optimism after the talks as Ms. Banerjee spoke of her anxiety for a solution.

Compensation for acquired land hiked substantially Formula arrived at in consultation with the farmers

NEW DELHI: In a one-time gesture, the Delhi Cabinet on Friday announced a special rehabilitation package for farmers in the city whose land is under acquisition for various government projects.

Eluru, Sept. 19: The revenue minister, Mr Dharmana Prasada Rao, made it clear that the government would no longer acquire lands from farmers for setting industrial units under the private sector.

Bs Reporters / Bangalore/new Delhi September 19, 2008, 0:19 IST

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Mamata intransigent despite government offering package for sustained economic rehabilitation of farmers