Problems of land acquisition once again led the Punjab government on Wednesday to Scrap the prestigious project of self-contained integrated information technology and knowledge industry park — spread over an area of 1,276 acre — in Rajpura. This is the fourth project of the government which has been Scraped due to land acquisition problems. According to sources, in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, the state government decided...
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Concern at forcible land acquisition for Posco
-The Hindu Drawing attention to the situation in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa, where villagers are peacefully opposing forcible acquisition of their private and forest lands by the Orissa Government for South Korean steel major Posco's project, a report titled “Tearing through the water landscape: Evaluating the environmental and social consequences of Psco project in Orissa, India” was released here on Tuesday. “People have been against industrialisation of their land since November...
More »Political will missing in the fight against black money by Mythili Bhusnurmath
If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it,' quipped Charles F Kettering , the famous American engineer and inventor of the electric starter. Well, the government has done just that! It has appointed an eight-member committee to examine ways to tackle black money. Perhaps that is too cynical! After all, the flurry of activity (the committee is only one of a series...
More »Maya announces new land acquisition policy by Ashish Tripathi
Facing widespread criticism over blatant acquisition of agriculture land across the state at throwaway prices and handing it over to private builders at high rate, UP chief minister Mayawati on Thursday announced a new land policy after holding meeting with farmer representatives. As per the new policy, the land acquisition will be done only after signing an agreement with the affected farmers. The government will act as a facilitator in land...
More »Greater Noida land acquisition: Court Scraps UP order
-The Times of India The Allahabad high court on Monday Scrapped the acquisition of 170 hectares of land in Gulistanpur village of Gautam Budh Nagar in Greater Noida. The bench of Justice Sunil Ambwani and Justice K N Pandey quashed a UP government notification citing the urgency clause for planned industrial development in Gulistanpur village. This is the third time this month that the high court has cancelled land acquisitions...
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