-The Business Standard The new Act is an effort to address the historical injustice while speeding up procedures The Land Acquisition Act, 1894, is a colonial law enacted by the British government which survived and continued post-independence. This Act authorised the government to acquire the land from privately held person for public use, at a reasonable price. Even after independence, the Indian government continued with the 1894 Act. In many instances there have...
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Sardar Sarovar: Gujarat’s battle on height won, but war on canals ahead -Virendra Pandit
-The Hindu Business Line State has to build 52,340 km-long canal network if the Narmada's waters are to reach Gujarat farmers AHMEDABAD, JUNE 13: Gujarat Government may have won the eight-year-long battle to install 30 sluice gates at Sardar Sarovar dam on the river Narmada, thereby increasing its height by 17 metres to 138.68 m, but its real challenge may have just begun. The Sardar Sarovar project has been unique as it has...
More »Rs 60,000 crore cost overrun in Maharashtra irrigation projects: CAG
-The Times of India MUMBAI: In a severe indictment of the state irrigation department, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India that inspected 601 ongoing projects in the state has found a cost overrun of Rs 60,235 crore. Nearly 77 projects have been underway for more than 30 years and another 195 projects for more than 15 years. Of the 601 ongoing projects, there was a cost overrun of Rs 47,427 crore...
More »Revisiting Drought-Prone Districts in India -B Venkateswarlu, BMK Raju, KV Rao, and CA Rama Rao
-Economic and Political Weekly The Drought-Prone Areas Programme and the Desert Development Programme launched by the Government of India during the 1970s used rainfall and irrigation as the two criteria to ameliorate the impact of drought in the targeted districts. This article revisits the eligibility criteria in light of the recent climatic classification and irrigation statistics. B Venkateswarlu (vbandi_1953@yahoo.com), B M K Raju, K V Rao and C A Rama Rao are...
More »Gujarat may replicate Amma canteen model -Aloysius Xavier Lopez
-The Hindu It was in this city that Chief Minister Jayalalithaa asked at her election campaign not long ago, "Who is a better administrator? Is it Gujarat's Modi or this Tamil Nadu lady?" While this question may be relevant now because of the changes that have since taken place, it is striking that on Thursday, a team of officials from Gujarat who visited the Amma canteen said their State was looking to...
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