Land Acquisition Clauses
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 »
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 »
This was much awaited, which the outgoing government couldn’t help with but the incoming government plans to spread its wings and spearhead the action. The BJP government lead by Narendra Modi is now ready to flush the old and bring in the new, and these would be steps that do not need approvals from anyone [...] Continue Reading »
The Rural Development Ministry sought to address the apprehensions of industries and infrastructure sectors surrounding the controversial land acquisition bill. The ministry highlighted that the requirement of consent of all for acquiring land has been diluted and a new provision will apply prospectively and not retrospectively. The Ministry has come out with a statement that [...] Continue Reading »
The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) had issued notification in June 2009 to acquire 1,417 acres for developing residential sectors — from 58 to 63 —and residential and three commercial sectors. However, in May, 2010, when the state issued the final notification for acquisition, most of these sold lands were “released”. It is alleged that [...] Continue Reading »
