land acquisition
There has been a lot of negativity around the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act of 2013. The Narendra Modi-led NDA Government may face stiff resistance in amending this act. Most of the BJP-ruled States demanded the repealing of the Act at a recent meeting of Revenue Ministers. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in two minds about [...] Continue Reading »
Punjab has a dream and a vision, which is to have institutes on the lines of the esteemed All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Hearing the pleas, the Punjab State Government now has brought forth three sites, each spanning 200 acres around the district of Kapurthala. The center would be notified on the same with [...] Continue Reading »
The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday announced the constitution of a committee for the acquisition of private land, if required, for the Lucknow Metro Rail Project (LMRP). Housing Department secretary Rajiv Agarwal stated that a committee had been constituted under the Lucknow divisional commissioner. If required, it would help in purchasing land for the metro [...] Continue Reading »
The Land Acquisition Land of 1894 which was enacted by the British government has survived even after independence. The Act gave the government the right to possess land from people who privately own it in order to use it for some important purpose that would serve the public. The transactions however will take place at [...] Continue Reading »
According to recent news, there is a huge possibility that the rates of land possession may increase soon for all the farmers of Delhi. This will increase threefold- from Rupees 56 lakhs an acre to Rupees 1.5 crore an acre. It could also go up to 3 crore. This will occur only if the revenue [...] Continue Reading »
In the current financial year Tata Housing, the Tata Group’s real estate company, has decided to invest Rs 3,000 crore to acquire more land, including joint development agreements, across major cities in India. Brotin Banerjee, the MD & CEO of Tata Housing Development mentioned that Tata Housing’s expenditure will be 50-60% more in land acquisition [...] 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 »
With people chanting the acche din aane wale hai slogans, all hopes are now on the incoming government to make the best of land situations across the nation across rural areas. The Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Act needs to be fixed, says a source and it is ironic that the Bharatiya Janata Party [...] Continue Reading »
Accelerating infrastructure projects is key for the new government to grow India at 8-10% levels, sings India Inc in chorus. However, experts have chimed in saying it would take at least 12 to 18 months for this recovery to occur. According to a Barclays equity research report, expectation is afoot that projects worth $25 billion [...] Continue Reading »
The biggest obstruction on the road to successful development of highway projects is the acquisition of land. According to the top official of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the government coming to power should make this issue their top priority in order to deal with it the right way. The infrastructure projects are [...] Continue Reading »
