-The Times of India NEW DELHI/NOIDA: The long legal battle that farmers of Greater Noida West have been waging against the government entered its final phase on Tuesday as the Supreme Court began hearing petitions challenging land acquisition between 2004 and 2007. Around 1,100 writ petitions have been registered with the court. Nearly 20,000 farmers from villages like Patwari, Bisrakh, Khairpur, Roja, Itehda, Haibatpur, Saini and others have come together to file...

-The Hindu While liberalisation's backers are not squeamish in admitting that democracy is an impediment to the free market economic model, farmers who are dispossessed of land argue that they are undercompensated and that the profit of private companies is not a public purpose Since it was passed by Parliament in September 2013, the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act (LARR) has been criticised from...

The Hindu In the urgency to grant industry its due with promises of ‘Make in India,' the marginalised cannot continue to be victims of grave policy neglect and continuing alienation For some years now, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)has been perceived as a roadblock to development or a facilitator for the industry depending on which side you are on. Former Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan's recent letter to Sonia Gandhi...

-Business Standard About 6.2 MT of paddy have been reportedly arrived in the societies across the state Raipur: With paddy procurement for the kharif marketing season 2014-15 in Chhattisgarh finally coming to an end at midnight, about 6.2 million tonnes (MT) of paddy have been reportedly arrived in the societies across the state. The paddy procured this year was over 20 per cent less than the paddy purchased by the Chhattisgarh in the...

-Outlook New Delhi: There is no central programme as popular as MNREGA; this was some state governments' message to the Centre as they conveyed their displeasure over the fund crunch for the scheme. On the occasion of 10th MNREGA Divas celebrations today, these states narrated how the rural job scheme did "exceptionally well" in the insurgency-hit areas of the country particularly in the northeast and Naxal-affected districts. The northeastern states conveyed their difficulties...