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Jairam Ramesh, a Rajya Sabha member, tells ET why the land acquisition act is meant to deter land acquisitions.

"The moral of the story is that the bill is now dead. The government started this bill with a lot of fanfare but it is dead," an Opposition...

"The Centre should withdraw the bill amending land acquisition. It should implement the Act passed in 2013," she told a press conference he...

A national consensus on the compulsory acquisition of land remains elusive, even after enactment of the Right to Fair Compensation and Reha...

The government hopes to get the bill cleared in the second half of the budget session of parliament that resumes on April 22.

The main issue is not whether the government should acquire land, but whether people who sell their land do so willingly at a good price.

Ficci has suggested that the proposed land acquisition act should apply to the private companies only if they buy 500 acres of land or more.

The clause will bring cases where the award of land is underway or possession has not taken place within the scope of compensatory and acqu...

In fact, right through the 1920s and later till about 1985, the original Act went through different modifications by state governments.

Amid a raging controversy over land acquisition, Government today unveiled a new draft bill putting in place a transparent, legal framework.

A new law for land acquisition is imperative, with a clear definition of what constitutes public purpose and exploration of compensation be...