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West Bengal govt begins disbursal of compensation to consenting landowners in Deocha PachamiAround 150 landowners were handed over compensation cheques, land rights documents and appointment letters for jobs by district administrat...
Deucha Panchami: Mamata Banerjee increases monetary package for tribalsThe tribal people of Birbhum district’s Deucha Panchami, along with a gamut of social organisations including Jai Kisan Andolan, announced ...
Is caste calculus driving the BJP to change leaders in some states?BJP’s decision to replace chief minister Vijay Rupani just a year before the state heads for election seems to be driven by caste calculus....
Caste calculus? Why BJP is changing chief ministers in some stateshe BJP has installed three new chief ministers in three states in three months. This may have added an air of uncertainty over the fate of ...
Why Telangana election might just become a proxy battle between TRS and farmersA landmark farmer investment support scheme launched by the Telangana government now threatens to bog TRS down in the state elections
GoM set up to resolve land leasing issuesThe model legislation, drafted by the Aayog three years ago, is yet to be adopted by states. Most state governments have either legally ban...
SC asks Meghalaya to deposit Rs 100 cr fine for illegal coal miningThe bench allowed the mining operation to go on in the state on the privately and community owned land subject to the permissions from the ...
Want our nod for bullet train? Give us doctors, street lights, medicines, say Palghar villagersFailing to make much headway via mass contact programmes in villages where it faced resistance, the NHRCL is now approaching individual lan...
Tribal landowners in Meghalaya threaten to move UN over LBAFlaying the recent Indo-Bangla boundary agreement, they say they were 'not made party' to the decision taken by both the governments.
Industry must look beyond land acquisition by government: Jairam RameshRural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh dismissed industry’s fears about the new land acquisition and has suggested that it look beyond ac...
Mining calls for transparent, humane, imaginative policiesIt is likely that all 12 villages will disapprove of mining Niyamgiri. This is probably a special case and the Niyamgiri hills should be le...
- GoM inches closer to consensus on land bill; Sharad Pawar to address key issues next week
The GoM on the land bill inched closer to a consensus, but the panel headed by Sharad Pawar hopes to thrash out several key issues next wee...
- Jharkhand recommends CBI probe into Deoghar Land Scam
Let alone tribal land, the mafia also sold government land meant for grazing of cattle, the preliminary inquiry revealed.
- Cabinet likely to clear Land Acquisition Bill next week
Minister of rural development Jairam Ramesh met with nine cabinet ministers on Thursday to finalise the contents of the draft bill.
- New Land Acquisition Bill unlikely to set threshold for government intervention, states to frame policies
The Bill will eliminate any scope for discrimination by specifying the same rate of compensation for land acquired by private developers or...
- Land acquisition bill: States to decide who acquires land
Giving states leeway to decide on how land is acquired could quell criticism of subverting federal structure that has been often-levelled a...
- Mining the militarization: Coal tales from northeast
The story of coal in northeast India is an incomplete one. For 130 years, two governments, British India and Independent India, have manage...