-The Business Standard If Mr Vadra had to count his friends in the real estate business, they would be Corporation Bank, the Haryana government and DLF Robert Vadra, who is at the centre of a controversy over his property dealings with realty giant DLF and others, began investing in real estate five years ago, in 2007-08. He was already a wealthy man by then, not a struggling businessman who could scrape only...
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A 777-day-old farmers’ protest against power plant -Omar Rashid
-The Hindu Farmers’ protest against the proposed 1,980-MW power plant in the trans-Yamuna Karchhna tehsil of Allahabad district entered its 777th day on Tuesday. While the district administration recently served a month’s ultimatum on the farmers to return the compensation they had received for Land acquisition, the farmers told The Hindu that they would not be able to repay the amount, regardless of the ultimatum. Meanwhile, they say they will continue agitating at...
More »Centre likely to sign deal with Landless marchers on Jan Satyagraha at Agra -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu Jairam Ramesh concludes two days of intense negotiations The Central government will come halfway — literally — in its bid to prevent the thousands of Landless poor now marching along National Highway 3 from actually reaching the capital. After two days of intense negotiations with the march’s organisers Ekta Parishad, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has decided to head to Agra — slightly before the halfway point of the Jan Satyagraha...
More »Robert Vadra needs to answer allegations, Land market distortions must be corrected
-The Times of India The India Against Corruption (IAC) group led by Arvind Kejriwal levelled fresh charges againstRobert Vadra yesterday, pointing to a quid pro quo deal with real estate giant DLF for business on highly favourable terms. That came on top of earlier accusations that the large funds provided by DLF to Vadra facilitated lucrative deals, which allowed the latter to amass extensive real estate, in return for favours provided...
More »‘No acquisition of fertile Land for non-farm use’
-The Indian Express Giving a pointer to the much-awaited Bill on Land acquisition reforms, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said the government will not dilute the provisions which restrict the acquisition of multi-crop and single crop agricultural Land for non-farming purposes. “We will ensure that acquisition of high-yielding farmLand is not allowed for non-agriculture purposes. This is a serious issue and the government is concerned about it. One should not be...
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