West Bengal election manifesto: Rs 1,500 vs Rs 3,000 jobless benefit, 7th Pay Commission, how BJP plans to unseat TMC, DidiThe BJP has released its manifesto for the West Bengal Assembly polls, targeting women and youth voters with key promises. The Trinamool Co...
10 Apr, 2026, 09.49 PM IST
Top 10 per cent rural households control 44 per cent of land in India: ReportA new study reveals stark land inequality in rural India. The top ten percent of households control nearly half of all land. Meanwhile, alm...
07 Apr, 2026, 03.43 PM IST
Only J&K domiciles eligible for land to landless scheme: UT AdminThe Jammu and Kashmir administration has approved the allotment of land on a lease basis to landless individuals. The scheme, launched by L...
25 Aug, 2023, 03.55 PM IST
Complete land survey in Assam: Hari Shankar Brahma to state governmentIn an email, Hari Shankar Brahma suggested few more measures for ensuring land possession by landless indigenous people like completing lan...
29 Jan, 2021, 10.18 PM IST
BJP in Assam makes manifesto making for 2021 assembly polls a grand affairState BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass said, “Idea is to reach out to people whereby they can suggest what they want the government to do i...
27 Jan, 2021, 07.00 PM IST
Assam: Starting 2021, no government jobs for those with more than two kidsThe important decision was taken at the Assam Cabinet meeting that also adopted a New Land Policy, which will give three bighas of agricult...
22 Oct, 2019, 10.55 AM IST
Centre writes to States over 5 lakh poor not getting housesA government official told ET on condition of anonymity that about 4,00,000 intended beneficiaries may not get a house under the scheme by ...
10 Jan, 2019, 08.14 AM IST
Land Acquisition Law passed under UPA was conspiracy against farmers: Arun JaitleyJaitley alleged that the Land Acquisition Law passed in 2013 under the UPA regime was a "conspiracy" to shun rural areas from development a...
09 Apr, 2015, 05.35 PM IST
30 crore landless people to get jobs once land bill is passed: FMJaitley said about 20 per cent of India's population is dependent on micro and small entrepreneurs who have no access to institutional cred...
08 Apr, 2015, 01.27 PM IST
BJP attacks Nitish government for not providing land to 20,000 MahadalitsLeader of Opposition in Legislative Assembly Nand Kishore Yadav led the party attack on state government over the matter during zero hour.
24 Mar, 2015, 04.13 PM IST
Mayawati promises three acres of land to MP's landless peopleBahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati today promised to give three acres of land to each landless person and create employment for the unemp...
18 Nov, 2013, 07.44 PM IST
- Kerala government's zero landless project to open on September 30
Kerala government's ambitious "zero landless project" aimed at providing land to all landless people by 2015, will open on September 30.
28 Sep, 2013, 04.10 PM IST
Sonia Gandhi to launch 'Zero Landless Project'Of 2,33,232 families listed as landless in Kerala, one lakh would get land in the first phase. By 2015,all landless in the state would get ...
31 Aug, 2013, 02.44 PM IST
HC comes down on political partiesKerala High Court comes down on political parties for not taking effective steps to protect the interest of the landless.
23 Jan, 2013, 07.28 PM IST
- Land reforms policy expected in next six months, says Ekta Parishad president P V Rajagopal
Ekta Parishad president P V Rajagopal today said new land reforms policy in the country was expected in next six months.
10 Nov, 2012, 06.58 PM IST
Government promises to formulate land reform policy soon; Jairam Ramesh signs pact with agitatorsRural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh signed an agreement with land protest leader PV Rajagopal and promised to formulate a land reform ...
12 Oct, 2012, 06.00 AM IST
- Demand for comprehensive land reforms gaining ground
As the government moves ahead with investor-friendly policies, the demand for comprehensive land reforms to address issues like right to la...
02 Oct, 2012, 07.30 AM IST