-PTI The scheme can have a negative impact on prices, productivity: FICCI-KPMG New Delhi: After the Prime Minister's referred to MGNREGA as a "monument to the failure of the UPA regime", comes a report blaming it for creating shortage of farm labour. A Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)-KMPG report titled ‘Labour in Indian Agriculture: A Growing Challenge', released here on Wednesday, says schemes, such as the Mahatma Gandhi National...
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Unconstitutional exercise of power -Suhrith Parthasarathy
-The Hindu The proposed amendment bill to the land act has amendments that are an exercise of state power without reason, with the basis for these changes on assertions of a vague agenda of development. What is equally disturbing is that at least some of the changes that these amendments propose, if passed, would also be patently unconstitutional In his celebrated treatise on constitutional law, H.M. Seervai began a discussion on the...
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-PTI Chandigarh: Punjab government on Monday said it will set up an Organic Farming Board for promoting chemical-free farming in the state. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal make the announcement here on Monday at valedictory function of the fifth National Organic Farming Convention at the National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research (NITTTR). The Chief Minister said the promotion of organic farming in the state was need of the hour and the...
More »Acquisition lapses if owner not paid on time: SC
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that land acquisition proceedings are deemed to have lapsed if the government fails to compensate landowners or take possession of acquired land within two years. The court said if the government was keen on retaining the acquired land, it must re-initiate acquisition proceedings as provided under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. A bench of...
More »Govt's bid to dilute tribal rights to help industry -Nitin Sethi
-Business Standard Environment ministry readies draft, which allows industry to fell trees in traditional forest areas without consent of gram sabhas After a lot of back and forth, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is ready with a notification to dilute tribal rights that would make it possible for most industries to chop down traditional forests without the consent of gram sabhas - a precondition that exists at the moment. After the Prime...
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