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“Collector says there is no land… but there is plenty for SEZs” [1]

Thousands from all over India set to march to Delhi to demand their own land

On Tuesday, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh and Union Minister of State for Commerce Jyotiraditya Scindia flew into Gwalior in a last-ditch effort to convince the padayatra organisers — a land reform people’s movement called Ekta Parishad — to call off the march and accept the Government’s promises that a draft National Land Reform Policy will be prepared within six months.

Publication Date: 
03/10/2012
Priscilla Jebaraj [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Tamil Nadu [4], Tribals [5], Ministry Of Rural Development [6], Land Reforms [7], Special Economic Zones (SEZ) [8], Madurai (D) [9], Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) [10], Land [11]
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