Land is the most important ingredient for the development of real estate and infrastructure. For quite some time now, Land Acquisition had become a contentious issue in the country, which has threatened not only the industrial development but also planned growth of cities in the country. In this backdrop, the central government's decision to introduce a Land Acquisition bill in the monsoon session of Parliament will go a long way...

Bringing an aggressive outlook to the ministry of rural development, Jairam Ramesh, who took charge of the portfolio in July, has attempted to address and fast-track contentious issues such as the proposed Land Acquisition legislation and the census for identifying households below the poverty line (BPL). Ramesh spoke in an interview about his blueprint for the ministry and revisiting controversial elements, including identifying the poor and poverty caps imposed by...

-The Telegraph   Calcutta High Court today asked the state government to clarify whether returning of the Singur land to “unwilling” farmers could be considered a “public service”. Justice I.P. Mukerji told state advocate-general Anindya Mitra that Tata Motors counsel Samaraditya Pal had claimed that land could not be taken back from his client unless it was for a public service. “Since the main purpose of enacting the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act,...

The Mamata Banerjee government wants the Centre to include in the draft National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill provisions of the Bengal’s land ceiling law, which caps holdings by industry at 24.88 acres. State cabinet sources also said the government would not accept any special economic zone (SEZ) and ask the Centre make its position clear on such enclaves, which typically require large tracts, in the bill. The recommendations were...

-IBN   After failing to provide the promised land for the proposed steel plant in Gadag district, the state government has convened a meeting with the representatives of the Korean based steel giant Posco Ltd, to locate a new place in the state, Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani said here on Wednesday. While assuring the people of Gadag district that the government was very much committed to its decision of abandoning the proposal, Nirani...