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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No extension for Shah panel on illegal mining
The Government of India will not extend the tenure of the Justice M. B. Shah Commission inquiring into illegal mining in seven states. Sources in the commission told The Hindu that the one man Commission’s
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Brahmaputra erosion leaves 300 people homeless
Around 300 people were rendered homeless as erosion by Brahmaputra river washed away their villages in Morigaon district Monday morning. The homeless people have taken shelter on the nearby highland, while
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Urgent call by UN to halt Odisha mega-steel project amid serious human rights concerns
<p>Construction of a mega-steel plant in Odisha in Eastern India should be halted immediately, United Nations independent human rights experts have urged, citing serious human rights concerns. The project
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The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013
<p>This new Land Acquisition Act, enacted by Parliament this year will come into force from 1 January 2014. It will replace a 120-year-old legislation. Read text and the notification.</p>
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Key issue before NAC: should projects displacing tribals be resisted?
Manmohan Singh’s high-level panel to examine controversial issue of mining. The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council will examine whether developmental interventions and constitutional safeguards
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JSW's Rs 1,500-cr Nandgaon port faces opposition from villagers
Sajjan Jindal was gheraoed to give signed letter on withdrawal. JSW Infrastructure’s proposed all weather port at Nandgaon-Alewadi in Thane district faces a roadblock as a section of villagers have stepped
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Study focuses on coal mining impact on environmental cost
Cost of environmental and social loss involved in coal mining and thermal power generation in coal-bearing States, including Odisha, has been estimated to be enormous. A Planning Commission of India-supported study finds many of losses apart from displacement and forest diversion triggered by coal mining and thermal power generation are not compensated.
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Haryana law amended to allow farmers to keep possession of land
While amending the law to allow continued possession of farm land to about 3700 farmers who faced eviction, the Haryana Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution appealing to the Gujarat Government
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Hooda brings legislation to rehabilitate Punjabi farmers
The Haryana Government has fulfilled a long-pending demand of Punjabi farmers in the state by bringing in a legislation that will restore land to them on lease for 99 years. The state had evicted many farmers, who had been tilling land given to them on lease, after the expiry of the lease period in 1972.
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Jal Satyagraha continues despite curfew and arrests
Protesters demand Indira Sagar Dam water level be kept below 260 metres The Jal Satyagraha or sit-in-water agitation by villagers affected by the Indira Sagar Dam entered its tenth day on Tuesday despite curfew and arrests. The agitation is currently in progress in six villages in the districts of Dewas, Khandwa and Harda. The protesters are demanding land in exchange for the land submerged and keeping the water level below 260 metres.