-Business Standard The changes in the ordinance have been made after taking inputs from states suggesting changes to the Act which would make it more industry-friendly. After a failed winter session of Parliament, the government recommended promulgating an ordinance for changes to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. Justifying the use of ordinance, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government had to...
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Change in land Act will lead to forcible acquisition: Jairam
-The Indian Express A day after the Centre recommended promulgation of an ordinance to amend Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 and make it less stringent, former rural development minister Jairam Ramesh Tuesday said the change would pave way for forcible acquisition. The Act was moved in the Parliament and passed during Ramesh's term. "Both from the process and substance point of view, this is deeply disturbing....
More »‘Rural Farm’ 50 Feet Off The Ground -Prithvijit Mitra
-The Times of India KOLKATA: It's a patch of green, a wondrous vegetable garden that has sprung up at a height of about 50 feet on the fast-expanding concrete maze of neighbouring New Town. With a produce of more than 70kg since it came into existence last October, it is no less than an efficient rural farm. In fact, it looks cleaner and far better designed and yields only organic vegetables that...
More »Reforms through Ordinance Raj: Acquiring land made easy
-The Indian Express In a bid to ease the process of acquiring land, the Union Cabinet on Monday recommended the promulgation of an ordinance to amend the Land Acquisiton Act, 2013, by including five new categories of projects that would not require prior consent from affected families as well as Social Impact Assessment (SIA). These include projects related to defence, rural infrastructure and industrial corridors. The sensitive provisions relating to compensation, relief...
More »Small and marginal farmers in distress -R Ramakumar and Aparajita Bakshi
-The Hans India It is official now. New data released by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) for 2013 show that the agrarian distress in Rural India is continuing, and even intensifying for small and marginal farmers. In the last decade, there has been much talk on inclusive growth, revival of growth rates in agriculture, higher public investment in agriculture and the doubling of agricultural credit. Yet, the new data show...
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