All state governments are free to enact their own land acquisition laws, but they cannot undermine the law enacted by the Centre, Ramesh sa...

The Centre today said it is up to the states how much multi-crop irrigated land they could acquire, but noted "it should be the last resort...

The Parliament has passed the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill.

The title of the Land Acquisition Bill was changed on a suggestion by Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who was recently taken ill, is likely to attend Parliament when the Bill is considered for passage.

Lok Sabha will take up tomorrow - the Land Acquisition Bill - that seeks to provide "just and fair" compensation to families whose land has...

GoM formed to examine certain provisions of the controversial Land Acquisition Bill met today but no decisions were taken in the meeting.

If the Cabinet approves the Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2012, then squatters too will have to be given rehab...

Special Economic Zones will need to fulfill provisions of the proposed Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill.

Parl panel proposed tougher norms for acquiring land for industrial use, as it finalised the new Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Reset...

According to the bill, rehabilitation and resettlement provisions will apply only when private firms buy land for a project.

A bill providing for compensation upto four times the market value of land was introduced in the Lok Sabha.

Govt has defended its new land bill as industry-friendly, refuting criticism that it would push up costs for state-run, pvt cos

The draft Land Acquisition Bill proposes to set up a national monitoring body which will be regularly updated by the states.

With Congress president Sonia Gandhi seeking annuity benefits for displaced farmers who surrender their land, the Centre has begun tweaking...

Railway minister Mamata Banerjee is understood to have raised serious objection to the bill relating to land acquisition for industrialisat...

Mumbai may not get the benefit of the proposed Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, the BJP claimed on Friday.