Acquisition of land
The process of physical acquisition of land for the ambitious Ring Road project will soon be commenced by the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA), which will be armed with foolproof security arrangements to carry out the land takeover. The land acquisition process for the Ring Road project will be started by the JDA from Bagrana on [...] Continue Reading »
Even as resentment continues to prevail over the acquisition of land for the Rajpura thermal plant and a Siel Chemicals unit by the state government, the Punjab Urban Development Authority (PUDA) has initiated a project to acquire another 1,055 acres near Patiala city. The land will be used to construct Urban Estate, Phase IV, and [...] Continue Reading »
Despite the obvious difficulties of acquiring land for the new capital via land pooling, the AP government seems reluctant about utilizing the readily available forestland in Krishna district. According to a report sent by the district administration, a large extent of degraded forest land is available at different locations. About 2,200 acres is available in [...] Continue Reading »
The Vasundhara Raje-led Rajasthan government is firming up plans for a new land acquisition Act that seeks to facilitate speedier acquisition of land for industries and execute the projects fast. The Rajasthan government brought some radical changes in the labour laws recently. They scrapped some key measures like those requiring consent of landowners that form [...] Continue Reading »
The new government coming to power led by Narendra Modi will have to make a decision whether there should be certain amendments made towards the Land Acquisition Act of 2013. The decision is vital because land purchasing can become much more difficult as the prices will be increased four times. This is because infrastructure and [...] Continue Reading »
The Right to Fair Compensation, Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 is a complex but comprehensive legislation. It aims at providing just and fair rehabilitation of even the minimally-affected people, favours greater transparency and gives importance to prior consultation with local bodies and landowners. The century-old Land Acquisition Act (1894) is now [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- The Cabinet has approved acquisition of land identified by BBMP to set up solid waste processing units in Bangalore. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) had put forth a proposal of purchasing 476 acres of land in Arudi village near Doddaballapur, and 600 acres in Togarighatta in Tumkur district. The responsibility of buying the [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- The flat owners in Greater Noida (West) Uttar Pradesh (Gaur City I project) have stopped receiving the home loan installments from Bank of Baroda due to an ongoing litigation. When questioned about stopping the loans, Minister of State for Finance, Namo Narain Meena agreed with it and stated that property is involved in [...] Continue Reading »
The Land Acquisition Bill is to face further delay in way of its legislation. A group of ministers (GoM) had been set up to resolve differences over the proposed bill. However, they have failed to reach a consensus in their second meeting. GoM, headed by agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, remained divided over several contentious issues, [...] Continue Reading »
Arvind limited, a textile company successfully implemented a low cost housing project in a joint venture with Tata. Now the company is planning to enter the township development project in Vadodara. Right now Arvind limited is working on acquisition of land for the development of township in surat and vadodara. As of now the Arvind [...] Continue Reading »
