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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Submit report on plan for Tarapur displaced, HC tells Thane Collector
Taking note of the rehabilitation issue of over 400 fishermen displaced by the Tarapur nuclear project, the Bombay High Court directed the Thane Collector to submit a report on a proposal of allocating
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Coal ministry urges Orissa to form committees for mine projects
The Ministry of coal has urged the Orissa government to constitute specialized committees and build close collaboration with the district authorities to address various issues relating to coal mining projects.
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Hundreds Protest In Sudan, Displaced By Dam: Witnesses
Hundreds of Sudanese protested in the city of ad-Damir Sunday, demanding the government do more to help villagers whose homes were flooded by an electricity-generating dam, witnesses said. Witnesses
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Hinduja power plant: report to be submitted to government
The views of people facing displacement following the setting up of the Hinduja thermal power plant at Palavalasa, the compensation to be paid to them and other problems to be addressed will be submitted in a report to the government through the District Collector, Municipal Commissioner B. Ramanjaneyulu has said.
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Land acquisition, eminent domain and the 2011 bill
The displaced and their advocates have been campaigning for a law that will limit the coercive power of the State in taking over land. The Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 2011 adopts
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Hydropower in the CDM: examining additionality and criteria for sustainability
This paper examines the effectiveness of additionality and sustainability criteria being applied to hydropower projects applying for carbon crediting under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism
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Mahan at all costs
Read this special report in Down To Earth on how government bent all rules to ensure that Mahan forest in Madhya Pradesh goes to Essar and Hindalco for mining coal.
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State Govt unruffled by Bill: KHADC
MDCs opposed to National Land Acquisition Bill SHILLONG: KHNAM MDC Adelbert Nongrum has lambasted the State Government for not taking any action on the draft of the proposed National Land Acquisition
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Countries Must Plan For Climate Refugees: Report
The world's governments and relief agencies need to plan now to resettle millions of people expected to be displaced by climate change, an international panel of experts said on Thursday. Resettlement
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Bokaro's displaced still await compensation
Residents of most villages whose land was acquired for the Bokaro steel plant have no jobs or means of living. Those who were compensated are demanding more.