West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan today signed the Singur Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011, which wants to return land to

Burdwan, June 19: The Singur land take-back bill has spurred a group of farmers in Burdwan to demand return of their plots that were acquired for a proposed health city.

The 84 farmers had turned down cheques in exchange for 23 acres

The land acquired by the government under

Singur, June 15: Ramesh Sau had left a sales job to return home to Singur with the hope of working with the

In a statement Tatas recount circumstances under which they were forced to stop work at Singur.

The legislation for returning land at Singur to farmers drew criticism from industrialists and a reminder from the Tatas about the circumstances that forced them to abandon a factory that was meant to build the Nano, the world

The two-member expert committee constituted by the West Bengal government to draft a new land policy in the state, has recommended direct purchase of land by industrialists from farmers.

The biggest struggles in the recent past might have been surrounding land and land acquisition, but risk mitigation through an insurance cover is still a far cry.

Thus, in case Tata Motors bids adieu to Singur, where the government passed a Bill to take back the land it had earlier given to the company for setting a factory, it will have no insurance cover to minimise losses.

It may be menti

KOLKATA, 14 JUNE: With the passing of the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011 allowing vesting and transferring land from Tata Motors and the ancillary units, the state government is now weighing its options on how to return the land to the unwilling farmers.
Usually when the government distributes vested land it is done by giving pattas but the patta-holders do not have right t

Citing legal loopholes in the legislation, Left MLAs walk out of the House
Amid heated exchange of words and walkout by Opposition members, West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday passed a Bill scrapping the previous Left Front government's deal with Tata Motors to return land to 'unwilling' farmers in Singur, fulfilling a key election pledge of Mamata Banerjee.

The Singur Land Rehabilitation and Deve

The West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday passed the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill 2011 by voice vote after the Opposition Left Front had walked out of the House. This will pave the way for the return of land to Singur

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