Acquisition of agricultural land
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has announced a number of measures, in Budget 2014-15, to increase agricultural production in the country. The measures announced by Jaitley are essentially aimed at bringing about a 4 percent growth in the agriculture sector in FY15, particularly in the wake of concerns with regard to a weak monsoon – projected [...] Continue Reading »
Brinda Karat of CPI(M) against the acquisition of agricultural land by private companies in Sonahatu block in Ranchi district. CPI (M) pledged to fight against acquisition of agricultural land by private companies in the Sonahatu block in Ranchi district for their proposed plants. Brinda Karat addressed a public meeting at a village in the block, [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka government has planned to acquire one lakh acres of land to give it to the investors at the GIM. The government has already included over 40,000 acres of acquired land to the land bank. But the protestors are stating that the government is acquiring surplus land using GIM as the pretext and turn [...] Continue Reading »
Acquiring land for industrial and infrastructure development in India will be a tough job after the Land Acquisition Bill get confirmation of the parliament. The industry is alarmed by the panel’s suggestion that the government should no longer help the private sector buy land. Instead, they recommend the government should intervene in negotiations with landowners [...] Continue Reading »
Due to the high growing rate of urbanization, lots of agricultural lands are being converted to plots for the construction of apartments. The revenue department of the Tamilnadu state government served a notice to pay non agricultural assessment tax, as majority of the land has already been converted into housing sectors. Also, the government is [...] Continue Reading »
The farmers accused Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) of handing over the excess land through an absolute sale deed, instead of dropping the acquisition, thus depriving them of their homes. Over 100 farmers had been protesting for the past three days. On Saturday, two farmers fell unconscious. The farmers allege that that NICE, which [...] Continue Reading »
