World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Displacement
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Kill bills
Left and right unite to stall twin bills in Parliament THE land acquisition bill and the resettlement and rehabilitation bill, criticized for harming land rights of people living in rural areas, were turned down in the Rajya Sabha on February 26. This was a day after the twin bills were rushed through the Lok Sabha. The bills, that complement each other were the government
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Submerging Doda village - Affected families still await rehabilitation
With submergence threat at their doorsteps, aggrieved residents of Pul Doda and its adjoining areas in district Doda are at the mercy of the callous officials of various departments dealing with the distribution of adequate compensation for their proper rehabilitation and resettlement.
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Land delay hits power project
March 15: The progress of the 4,000 MW proposed power project at Krishnapatnam is behind schedule by over eight months because of delay in handing over land. As per the letter of intent, the project should be on stream by September 2013, when the first 800 MW becomes operational.
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Plan to save village approved
The government has approved a plan, with an outlay of Rs 6 crore, for the rehabilitation of Kuleth village in the Bharmour tribal area of Chamba district, as it was under an imminent threat of sliding down into the Ravi.
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Climate migrations
The plausible spectre of large numbers of people migrating from coastal regions, and of entire populations abandoning small island countries due to rising sea levels makes it vitally important for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to come up with a strong adaptation strategy at its Copenhagen conference later this year.
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Regulatory authority over minerals: A case for review
This article critically appraises the incumbent regulatory mechanism in minerals and proposes a redrawal of the authority of central and state governments. It argues that for ensuring intra-generational and inter-generational equity the ownership rights over minerals should be vested with the state governments and the regulatory power with the central government.
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The Rehabilitation And Resettlement Bill, 2009
<p>A Bill to provide for the rehabilitation and resettlement of families affected by the acquisition of land for projects of public purpose or involuntary displacement due to any other reason, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.</p>
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The vanishing village
A still from Mean Sea Level shows submerged parts of Ghoramara island An island, which contributes minimally to climate change with a few thousand people and not even a single motorised vehicle, is going under water due to the phenomenon.
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Resource federalism in India: The case of minerals
While natural resources are spatially located, their development is of a wider national interest. Gains from their development accrue to a large common market though the process affects local lives and environments. The distribution of powers and functions across levels of government and the way they play out determine the effectiveness with which various policy goals are met.
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Passages from nature to nationalism: Sunderlal Bahuguna and Tehri Dam opposition in Garhwal
This paper focuses on the shifting contours of the anti-Tehri dam movement in the past three decades. It examines the changing declarations of environmentalists, especially Sunderlal Bahuguna and other leaders of the movement on the one hand, and the involvement of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad in the anti-dam politics on the other.