Land Acquisition Act
The Land Acquisition Act was projected as one of the landmark laws brought out by the UPA; however the state governments have been demanding to make changes in the act and make it a practical one. The new NDA Government on Wednesday expressed its willingness to review certain provisions of the Land Acquisition Act after [...] Continue Reading »
In the Dattowala area of the Nalagarh industrial area, there has been an issue of a case of violation of Section 118 under the HP Tenacy and Land Reforms Act of 1972. The stretch of around 10 bigha land which was purchased for the use of industrial park is now being used for the construction [...] Continue Reading »
The land acquisition laws proposed just six months back by the UPA government are blamed for stalling billions of dollars’ worth of roads, railways, ports and power installations. States are eager to kick-start major infrastructure projects have proposed radical changes to the bill to the Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari. Several states want [...] Continue Reading »
The Rural Development Ministry has proposed a number of amendments in the Land acquisition act. If they are cleared then they could lead to large scale dilution of the new Land Acquisition Act. It is expected to make the process of acquiring land easier. Scrapping the “consent clause” for Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects and narrowing [...] Continue Reading »
During the course of a speech at a programme held in West Midnapore district, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reiterated, yet again, that the government will not resort to forceful acquisition of land for industrialization. Asserting that the West Bengal government is “against forceful acquisition of land,” Banerjee said that land for industrial projects in West Midnapore district [...] Continue Reading »
Major states including those ruled by parties outside the ruling alliance have raised a host of objections to many unworkable provisions in the new Land Acquisition Act. Hence the Modi government has put the Act, which came into force just six months ago, under a comprehensive review. There are minor differences among the states on [...] Continue Reading »
The land acquisition act was constantly under pressure ever since it was launched and most of the state governments have sought a relook at UPA’s Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. By early as the next fortnight, the Centre is going to convening an all-party meet to discuss all these issues and come to [...] Continue Reading »
The Land Acquisition Act, 2013 which was brought in by the previous UPA government was considered as one of the successes by the previous government. However the Modi government is all set to make some changes in that act to redress some of the issues regarding compensation and rehabilitation of owners of land acquired for industrial [...] Continue Reading »
The delay caused by various government agencies and departments in implementing projects has led to a public outcry to entrust various development projects to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL), in a similar move, has drafted a set of rules for the new Land Acquisition Act introduced by the Union government [...] Continue Reading »
The Department of Industrial Policy Promotion has recently come to a conclusion that it will work towards the simplification of the Land Acquisition Act. This will be done for the purpose of facilitating some investment and developing of the economy. Tiresome and difficult rules will be done away with in order to carry out the [...] Continue Reading »
