Land

The proposed Land Acquisition Bill: putting livelihoods first

A coherent policy response to the tough social questions raised by compulsory land acquisition is long overdue. Conflicts have escalated, while successive governments failed to enact a law protecting the livelihoods of affected people.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2012
Oxfam India
Tags:
Land Acquisition, India, Land Act 1894, Rehabilitation, Displacement, Compensation
Land

Land acquisition in India: will the proposed bill protect displaced people?

A coherent policy response to the tough social questions raised by compulsory land acquisition in India is long overdue. Conflicts have escalated, while successive governments failed to enact a law protecting the livelihoods of affected people.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2012
Oxfam India
Tags:
Land Acquisition, India, Displacement, Rehabilitation, Land Act 1894, Compensation
Mining

Supreme Court order dated 28/09/2012 regarding mining leases in Karnataka

Supreme Court order dated 28/09/2012 regarding mining leases in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

Publication Date: 
28/09/2012
Supreme Court of India
Tags:
Mining, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Supreme Court, Bellary (D), Tumkur (D), Chitradurga (D), Central Empowered Committee (CEC), Compensation, Ministry of Mines, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forests, Rehabilitation, Corporate Legal Accountability
Land

Land Bill norms should be applied retrospectively

New Delhi: The ministerial panel vetting the land acquisition Bill witnessed a demand on Thursday that it kick in retrospectively.

Publication Date: 
28/09/2012
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land, Land Acquisition, Legislation, India, Rehabilitation, Urban Development, Ministry Of Urban Development, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Ministry Of Agriculture
Land

GoM wants land Bill provisions to apply with retrospective effect

A 12-member group of ministers (GoM) headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, formed to vet certain provisions in the controversial Land Acquisition Bill, met in New Delhi on Thursday, but did not take any decision on the draft legislation.

The meeting took place amid criticisms from civil society activists that the rural development ministry had watered down some provisions of the Bill, which has been renamed as The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011. Industry representatives, however, welcomed the changes.

Publication Date: 
28/09/2012
Sreelatha Menon
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Ministry Of Agriculture, Legislation, Compensation, Rehabilitation, Ministry Of Rural Development, Medha Patkar, Industry, Land
Land

Land Bill deferred as ministers’ views differ

New Delhi An empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on Thursday deferred a decision on the land acquisition Bill, confirming sharp divisions within the government over some of its key provisions.

Sources said the EGoM meeting remained inconclusive as several ministers failed to give their opinion on the Bill and wanted to register their concerns before it got the final nod. The next meeting is scheduled for October 3.

Publication Date: 
28/09/2012
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Ministry Of Rural Development, Compensation, Agriculture, Land Act 1894, Rehabilitation, Industry, Land
Natural Disasters

Assam floods: AIUDF seeks Rs 10,000 cr Central assistance

GUWAHATI: The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has demanded a financial package of Rs 10,000 crore from the Central government for the relief and rehabilitation works in the flood affected districts of Assam.

In a statement issued to the media here on Wednesday, AIUDF president Badruddin Ajmal said the entire State has suffered heavy losses in the present floods ravaging several districts in upper and lower Assam. “Properties worth crores of rupees were destroyed in the current floods and several thousands of people have rendered homeless.

Publication Date: 
27/09/2012
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Floods, Flood Relief, Rehabilitation, Kaziranga SA, Soil Erosion, Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters

16 lakh people hit by flood: Majhi

JORHAT, Sept 26 – “The flood this time is quite unnatural and unpredictable, because of which we got very little time to get prepared,” said Prithibi Majhi, Minister for Disaster Management, at a p

Publication Date: 
27/09/2012
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Floods, Natural Disasters, Jorhat (D), Assam, Rehabilitation
Food Policy

State formulates new rice procurement policy

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today approved procurement of 30 lakh tonnes of rice during 2012-13 through different agencies other than Food Corporation of India (FCI) and announced Rs 1250 as

Publication Date: 
26/09/2012
Pragtivadi (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Rice, Agriculture, Food Policy, Orissa (Odisha), Rehabilitation, People, Slums
Habitat And Urbanisation

The Odisha Property Rights to Slum Dwellers and Prevention of New Slums Bill, 2012

A Bill to provide for the identification, redevelopment, rehabilitation and for prevention of slums and to provide residential houses with infrastructural facilities, assigning property rights to identified slum dwellers and for matters connected therewith or incidental there to.

Publication Date: 
25/09/2012
Government of Orissa
Tags:
Slums, Orissa (Odisha), Rehabilitation, Slum Upgrading, Housing, Buildings, Urban Development

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