Land Acquisition Bill
Giving an impetus on increase in industrialization process State Government has asked officials to simplify the land acquisition process so that the private investors could get land easily without any hassle. The need of the hour is to simplify the land acquisition process for industrial units and for that all the development authorities should develop [...] Continue Reading »
Road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said his ministry was reviewing a proposal to further ease the exit policy for the sector, as demanded by the highway builders’ association and supported strongly by the National Highways Authority of India. The move comes after NHAI chairman RP Singh wrote to Vijay Chhibber, secretary [...] Continue Reading »
Rajasthan is trying to amend its labour laws. They want to grant factories the right to close without the state permission if they employ fewer than 300 persons. This amendment is awaiting the President’s approval and Rajasthan feels that this will reduce the hassles for the small businessmen to an extent. Under Article 254(2), if [...] Continue Reading »
The government on Thursday said that the poor performance of the highways sector in the last two years is due to the factors relating to tolling issues, lack of equity with the developers and delays in the land acquisition process. Road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari told the Lok Sabha that the government has [...] Continue Reading »
Post its resistance to the Insurance Bill, the Indian National Congress has now been making plans to rope in other Opposition parties against the Modi government’s plans in order to amend the land acquisition law. Sources said that the Congress which was successful in delaying the passage of the Insurance Bill with the help of [...] 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 NDA government is trying to incorporate all the possible alterations to make the UPA-enacted bill more industry friendly. The rural development ministry is ready to place before PM Modi a list of proposed amendments to the land bill. These amendments were placed after discussing with all the state governments. Proposals include a change in [...] Continue Reading »
The Modi Govt’s election agenda was based on improving infrastructure, real estate and manufacturing and removing bottlenecks for all the stuck projects. It was observed that about Rs 60,000 crore worth of projects are stalled due to the delays in land acquisition. Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari is all set to make amendments in the Land [...] Continue Reading »
On May 26, Gopinath Munde was sworn in as the minister of rural development. Earlier drinking water and sanitation and panchayati raj were separate portfolios handled by different ministers, however in lean Modi government; Munde will have the additional responsibilities of these ministries. Munde stated that in the parliament BJP (when it was in opposition) had [...] Continue Reading »
It has been understood that the acquisition of land is a major source of obstruction to the implementation of projects before the current designate Prime Minster Narendra Modi and his Council of Ministers hold office from the 26th of May. On Tuesday, when a presentation meeting was conducted by Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth, about 70 [...] Continue Reading »
