social impact assessment
The Union government apparently has efforts underway to set up an all-powerful specialized agency which will shoulder the responsibility of planning resettlement as well as rehabilitation of families displaced by land acquisition. According to unidentified sources familiar with the matter, the new board to be set up by the government to chart out resettlement and [...] Continue Reading »
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 »
Major states including those ruled by parties outside the ruling alliance have raised a host of objections to many unworkable provisions in the new Land Acquisition Act. Hence the Modi government has put the Act, which came into force just six months ago, under a comprehensive review. There are minor differences among the states on [...] Continue Reading »
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) will try redrafting the recently enacted Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act after the new government is formed. Amitabh Kant, secretary, DIPP points out that the new (land acquisition) Act is extremely bureaucratic, with the introduction of a social impact assessment. It has very time consuming processes. [...] Continue Reading »
