Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa allots houses for people who lost homes in delugeThe government has also announced that families that relocate would get an allowance of Rs 5000 towards shifting expenses.
29 Dec, 2015, 05.27 PM IST
Bru refugees' repatriation process to resume tomorrowThousands of Brus left Mizoram and migrated en masse to Tripura in October 1997
01 Jun, 2015, 04.20 PM IST
New Land Bill to provide new opportunities to farmers as well as rural poor seeking jobsThe amended Land Bill will help fast-track the land acquisition process for larger public good.
26 Apr, 2015, 03.07 AM IST
Centre releases Rs 4.7 crore to Mizoram for Bru repatriationThe Mizoram government has received Rs. 4.7 crore from the Centre as initial expenses, for repatriation of Bru families living in relief ca...
01 Apr, 2015, 01.15 PM IST
Bru refugees to be removed from Mizoram voter listLalzirliana told media persons that the decision was made at the meeting convened in Delhi on Friday by theMHA and attended by representati...
03 Feb, 2015, 12.21 PM IST
New land act bad for us, says DDA vice-chairperson Balvinder KumarThe act provides for payment of compensation on current market rates in urban areas and twice that amount in rural areas.
24 Jul, 2014, 10.56 AM IST
Give unutilised land to industry: Jairam Ramesh tells statesThe ministry is expected to come out with draft guidelines which will be put up for comments and suggestions for a month.
05 Oct, 2013, 04.22 AM IST
- Supreme Court's decision on Category B mines in Karnataka tomorrow
The decision will come three months after the category A mines were given a green signal to resume mining.
07 Jan, 2013, 05.29 PM IST
- Cabinet approves highway projects worth Rs 1,500 crore
The Cabinet committee on infrastructure on Thursday cleared highway projects worth Rs 1,500 crore, the government said.
12 Oct, 2012, 06.00 AM IST
- No consensus, cabinet sends land acquisition bill to GoM
Sensing differences within Cabinet over the land acquisition bill, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh referred it to a group of ministers on Tue...
29 Aug, 2012, 07.15 AM IST
- Anand Sharma comes down hard on idea restricting govt say on land acquisition
The commerce and industry ministry will oppose the standing committee's recommendation that the government should not have a role in land a...
19 May, 2012, 04.40 AM IST
- Govt likely to reject new land acquisition norms
The govt is likely to reject 'radical' recommendation of a parliamentary panel that proposed tighter norms for acquiring land for private b...
18 May, 2012, 08.33 AM IST
- Parliamentary panel recommends lesser role for government in acquiring land for private projects, PPPs
The parliamentary standing committee on rural development has recommended that the government should not acquire land for private or PSU pr...
17 May, 2012, 04.38 PM IST
Government working on scheme to support overseas Indian workersGovernment will soon launch a scheme to provide them resettlement expenses, insurance cover and pension benefits on their return to the cou...
30 Sep, 2011, 11.43 AM IST
New Land Law: Riddled with loopholesThe new land law is riddled with loopholes and defects that blunt its effectiveness.
22 Sep, 2011, 12.15 PM IST
- New land acquisition bill likely to increase land cost by 25-350%
The new land acquisition bill, which was tabled in the Parliament this week, will make it more expensive for developers to acquire land.
13 Sep, 2011, 09.57 AM IST
- Replace land acquisition act for N-power progress: Atomic Energy Commission chairman M R Srinivasan
India should move on to make nuclear energy safe but its imperative to replace Land Acquisition Act with a balanced one to address country'...
25 Aug, 2011, 03.41 PM IST