-Outlook A farmer sitting on a dharna along with other peasants to protest acquisition of land for the proposed nuclear power plant in the district died today at PGIMS, Rohtak. Ishwar Singh Siwach, a Gorakhpur village farmer, was shifted from the Civil Hospital, Fatehabad, to Rohtak last evening in a serious condition, police said. He died this morning, they said. The 60-year-old farmer was taken ill when he was sitting on the dharna...
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Many holes to fill in land bill by Surojit Gupta & Subodh Ghildiyal
The UPA government's Land Acquisition bill was expected to fill gaps in the archaic 1894 act and streamline the process of Land Acquisition and ensure fair compensation to farmers and landowners. But even before the bill is introduced in Parliament murmurs of dissent are being heard. The Land Acquisition Amendment Bill, piloted by rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, has drawn fire from critics for legitimizing purchase of vast tracts of land,...
More »Mamata approves draft land bill, but with rider
-The Asian Age West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, whose party Trinamul Congress is the key ally of the Congress, on Saturday gave her approval to the draft of the new Land Acquisition Amendment Bill, but with a rider. She wanted the Centre to give “a free hand” to the state government to introduce and implement a Land Acquisition law of its own. She made this announcement after a meeting Union rural...
More »Defiant farmers file more writ petitions, want land back by Ayaskant Das
Though Greater Noida Authority claims to have reached an 'out-of-court settlement' with Patwari villagers, over a dozen writ petitions have been filed in Allahabad High Court rejecting the same 'pact'. Farmers have rejected the deal and have appealed to the court that they be given their land back. "I have filed writ petitions on behalf of around 20 villagers from Patwari who have rejected the settlement and have claimed their land...
More »Ficci suggests reforms in Land Acquisition draft bill
-PTI Industry body Ficci has suggested that the proposed Land Acquisition act should apply to the private companies only if they buy 500 acres of land or more, instead of the 100 acres as suggested in the draft law. "The industry feels the threshold of 100 acres is very low for projects, especially in rural areas and this may only encourage smaller and fragmented holdings particularly in the mining sector. Hence, this...
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