land acquisition
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 land act has been in muddy waters ever since it was passed by the erstwhile UPA government. The Centre led by the NDA government is likely to set up a specialized agency to chart the resettlement and rehabilitation plan for families displaced by land acquisition. The agency, tentatively called the `R&R Board’, will take [...] 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 »
According to a recently-released Assocham study, the roll-out of key manufacturing projects is hit by estimated cost overrun of a staggering Rs 4.5 lakh crore, as of FY 2013-14, because of delays in land acquisition, funding constraints, and lack of prompt clearances. The study also observed that, along with the mentioned reasons for the delays [...] Continue Reading »
The central government had stated that they are trying to ensure certain rules and regulations in the Land Acquisition Act which can make the Act more investor friendly as well as benefit the farmers. Making a statement on this issue, West Bengal’s Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee stressed on saying that she will not allow any [...] Continue Reading »
The NaMo government is planning to give the gift of infrastructure on the independence day of India this year. Stalled highways projects worth Rs 1, 80,000 crore will be rolled out in a month’s span after sorting out hurdles like delays in land acquisition and green nods. Road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari mentioned [...] 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 »
In a volte-face with regard to fulfilment of promises in its election manifesto, the ruling Samajwadi Party has not given farmers six times the circle rate while acquiring their land. In response, the BSP walked out from the assembly on Wednesday, during a question hour. On being questioned by BSP legislator Dr. Dharampal Singh, Revenue [...] Continue Reading »
The real estate sector has started to have some expectations from the new government. They are in the hope that some of the strict conditions in the Land Acquisition Act will be eased soon. The issue of acquiring land has been quite a craze for the industries. Several new projects haven’t been started yet since [...] Continue Reading »
