New land acquisition law
Goa government’s decision to request the Central government to discard the state’s new land acquisition law has led to protest from activists and citizens from Margao. The land acquisition law which the Goa government wants the Central government to cast off necessitates that farmers and land owners affected by land acquisition in the state should [...] Continue Reading »
The irony in India is that we still follow the laws created during the British Raaj. Most of them have become irrelevant with the changing times. Six months back the UPA government had come up with a new central land acquisition law. Now the new BJP led government is has embarked on its overhaul and [...] Continue Reading »
Thiess India (Mining and Construction leader to the Indian Mining Industry) is struggling since the last few weeks as its chairman and managing director, Raman Srikanth, was arrested on charges of cheating and criminal breach of trust. The company denies these charges. On May 8, the Indian subsidiary of $24.4-billion Australian infrastructure, mining and real [...] 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 »
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 »
Land acquisition for infrastructure or industrial development projects may become a smoother and more rewarding process in days to come with the new land acquisition law coming into force. The new law, “The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013,” has stricter norms and higher compensation for land [...] Continue Reading »
New land acquisition law has been cleared by Union Cabinet on Monday.The bill, which seeks to replace colonial era legislation and hopes to draw a line under a hugely sensitive issue, offers generous compensation for land owners in the form of subsistence allowances, annuity payments, employment and a share in any future appreciation of the [...] Continue Reading »
