In a fresh jolt to the Mayawati Government in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed the State's move to acquire private land by invoking the “emergency clause” in Jyotiba Phule Nagar for construction of a district jail.
Greater Noida: With the Noida land acquisition storm nearly blown over, and farmer-Authority talks in Noida Extension limping along towards the August 12 court-given deadline, the focus of the land
Village Roja Yakubpur (Noida Extension)In the courtyard of a small temple in Roja Yakubpur, one of the villages embroiled in a land acquisition dispute in Noida Extension, a couple of hundred farmers gathered on Monday to put forth their demands in front of Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) CEO Rama Raman.
Land for executing the ambitious project of the Mayawati government was acquired in 2008 and the farmers' agitation was being reportedly backed by the Bharatiya Kisan Union.
New Delhi After series of discussion with the National Advisory Council (NAC) and the Planning Commission, the government on Friday unveiled the National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, for wider public consultations.
Draft suggests payment of twice the market value for urban land and six times for rural land.
The government on Friday came out with the latest version of a draft land Bill which, for the first time, seeks to include relief and rehabilitation measures.
The Allahabad High Court on Friday referred to a larger Bench petitions filed by farmers from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's ancestral village challenging acquisition of their land by the State Government.
