Economically weaker urban sections, entitled to get flats under the Rajiv Ratan Awas Yojana, will now not be able to sell their houses for at least 15 years after the allotment. Senior Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) officials have said they have worked out a plan to ensure that slum-dwellers who get subsidised houses under the scheme live in them. The Rajiv Ratan Awas Yojana is the urban counterpart of the...
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Extension Of Woes by Lola Nayar
The Noida-Greater Noida imbroglio will be instructive for the draft land acquisition bill In The Works... * Government to acquire land, “public purpose” to be redefined * Land acquisition only after getting written consent of 80 per cent of landowners * Monitoring authority to be set up at the Centre and states to ensure compliance * Payment component split into part-cash-down and remaining in annuity for 33 years * Post...
More »Difficult problem, difficult solutions by Ritu Kant Ojha
This is a unique situation. For governments, development authorities, lenders and borrowers alike. On Wednesday, a Supreme Court (SC) Bench headed by Justice GS Singhvi upheld a verdict of the Allahabad High Court that quashed acquisition of 176 hectares of land from farmers in Greater Noida stating that the authorities were “sub-serving” private builders in the name of public interest. Land purchased from the government was always considered ‘clean’. This verdict,...
More »1,807 farmers in Singur want their land back
-Press Trust of India Altogether 1,807 farmers have submitted applications for return of their land acquired for the Tata Motors Nano project here. The plea for return of land has been made under the new Singur land Rehabilitation and Development Act enacted by the West Bengal government. "Among them, 76 submitted application forms today and three yesterday," sources in the Block Land and Land Revenue office said. On the discrepancy in the notices...
More »The new land acquisition law must seek to reduce market distortions and segmentation by Bibek Debroy
Land is contentious. With urbanisation and demand for non-agricultural use, coupled with lack of employment and skills for those in small-holder and subsistence-level agriculture, this is understandable. In western Europe, especially in Britain, and more especially in England, land markets were freed up before the Industrial Revolution and access to education and skills became more broad-based. We haven't introduced reforms that enable people to move out of agriculture, or diversify...
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