New Land Acquisition Act
UPA government came up with a new land bill and it was accepted by all the parties in the legislation. However after it was implemented, the states started complaining that they are unable to acquire land for the infrastructure projects. States have suggested 19 amendments to the land law. However if all of them are [...] Continue Reading »
The Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh K E Krishnamurthy stated that the Government will formulate a new land acquisition act. He mentioned that the purpose of the proposed act is to facilitate land acquisition for the new capital after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. There are new institutes/offices which will be set [...] 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 »
In Panaji, the deputy chief minister Francis D’Souza stated that the new central Land Acquisition Act, passed during the earlier UPA government, may either be amended or totally revamped. Most of the states in India are facing difficulties in implementing it. D’Souza, who is also the state revenue minister, had attended the all-India revenue ministers’ conference in [...] Continue Reading »
The rules of the new Land Acquisition Act will not apply on the large-scale projects, such as industrial corridors and national highways. This solution was proposed by the Commerce and Industry Ministry to avoid delays in these projects. Provisions such as mandatory consent of project-affected people for land acquisition should not apply to infrastructure projects. [...] Continue Reading »
It looks like that the Modi govt. is truly in favour of developing the nation. That’s why they want to continue with UPA government’s well accepted Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and Land Acquisition acts will continue under Modi’s leadership. The new Minister of Rural Development, Gopinath Munde took charge of Rural [...] Continue Reading »
The new government coming to power led by Narendra Modi will have to make a decision whether there should be certain amendments made towards the Land Acquisition Act of 2013. The decision is vital because land purchasing can become much more difficult as the prices will be increased four times. This is because infrastructure and [...] Continue Reading »
The department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP) secretary Amitabh Kant on Wednesday stressed on the need for amending the existing Land Acquisition Act stating that it has become difficult to acquire land for construction of roads, ports and creating other infrastructure under the act. He points out that a lot of projects have been [...] Continue Reading »
Touted as one of the important achievements of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, the new land-acquisition law that came into force this January is turning into a major obstacle in the way of a key infrastructure project being pushed keenly by the Prime Minister’s Office. Officials said that with a sharp increase in the [...] Continue Reading »
