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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35 years on, Maharashtra farmers await land
Thirty-five years ago, the state government had promised to allocate 1 acre of land to each of the 860 farmers who were displaced because of land acquisition for the Pawna dam in Pune district. All that
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Suicide threat by farmers over BHEL 'landgrab'
Farmers agitating against land acquisition for Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) have threatened to commit mass self immolation on Independence Day in a press conference here on Monday. President
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Towards beneficial mining
<p> Sustainable mining is an oxymoron. Environmentalists will tell you this. Mining – from coal to limestone – destroys forests, devastates mountains and leaves the land pock-marked.</p>
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How realistic is it to rely on coal power ?
The uncertainty associated with coal supply and it’s price have been reported regularly in recent weeks. The impact on our society of the large number of coal power plants being planned, built and operated
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Branded and renewed? Policies, politics and processes of urban development in the reform era
Hidden behind city branding exercises through large projects are acts of land capture and slum demolitions by a predatory local state and crony capitalism. In the policy arena, meanwhile, the urban, and
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Amended Bill is even worse, says farmer
<p> “The archaic Land Acquisition Bill is being misused to displace farmers and take away their land and livelihood but the amended Bill that is coming is even worse,” said farmer Pritam Chaudhary from Saharanpur.</p>
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Floods create havoc in Manipur
<p> Flood waters have not only made commuting difficult but have also entered people's homes in areas like Uripok, Lamphelpat, Lamsang, Nambol and Langol Grace Colony. ast tracts of agricultural land have also been submerged in the floods. Thousands of acres of paddy fields and fish farms have been destroyed.</p>
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Draft of Land Bill has 80 per cent consent rider, ban on acquiring irrigated land
While giving state governments the flexibility to acquire land either in full or in part for private companies for public purpose, the draft National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement
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Land being acquired on pretext of development
<p> Land use change in Rajasthan resulting in perpetual threat of eviction to local communities: Activists</p> <p> Civil rights activists addressing a convention on land acquisition and displacement
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Haryana amends land rehabilitation, resettlement policy
<p> The state Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday, decided to amend its Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy-2010.</p> <p> </p>