-Live Mint Panel recommends consent of 80% of Land owners; key ministers say it would lead to unreasonable delays  Land acquisition for public-private partnership projects (PPP) will become tougher if the government accepts the recommendation of the group of ministers (GoM) and includes it in the new Land Bill that it proposes to move in the upcoming winter session of Parliament. The ministerial body has recommended that the consent of 80% of farmers...

-The Indian Express Chandigarh: Even as the Group of Ministers (GoM), led by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, will meet on Tuesday to review once again the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill-2011, Haryana is hoping that it will not be made mandatory for the Congress-led states. Severely critical of the proposals, officers involved in the process of Land acquisition in the state point out that the Bill is “retrograde” and...

-The Hindustan Times Land acquisition for private projects will require the consent of 80% of Landowners, the upcoming bill will stipulate. Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, who heads a group of ministers (GoM) on the bill, on Monday said the earlier decision to seek the consent of two-thirds - 66.6% - of the Landowners has been revised. Congress president Sonia Gandhi had reportedly objected to the dilution of the consent clause -...

-MoneyLife.in If you were wondering why most of the recent major cases of corruption have not been exposed by opposition parties, especially the BJP, now you have the answer: they are all in it together. I am ready for any inquiry,” repeated Nitin Gadkari on every television channel where he brazenly defended the dubious shell companies and Land allotment that propelled the growth of his ballooning ‘social entrepreneurship’. The irony is that Nitin...

-The Times of India MUMBAI: An RTI activist from the city who unearthed information on the long-pending dam projects in Maharashtra has been served a notice asking him to prove that he is the owner of the single piece of Land that he owns. Four months ago, Jeetendra Ghadge had filed an RTI on all the dam works across Maharashtra. The response he received was scandalous. Even as large parts of Maharashtra...