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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Polavaram fraud
<p>The Andhra Pradesh government lied to obtain forest clearance for the Polavaram dam on the Godavari; it said there were no forest rights claimants in the dam’s submergence zone. Down To Earth visited the villages denied forest rights and found the state had indeed lied.</p>
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Bill to amend Land Acquisition Act soon
Govt plans to bring it in monsoon session, says RLD chief Ajit Singh after meeting Prime Minister The UPA Government plans to bring a Bill to amend the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, in the coming monsoon session of Parliament, said a confident RLD chief Ajit Singh after meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for an hour here today. The Prime Ministers
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Coal firms asked to review R&R for mining projects
Worried that land acquisition for mining could head the way of ongoing farmers' unrest, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal today directed Coal India Limited (CIL) and its subsidiaries to review Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) policy, while acquiring land for coal mining. Coal firms generally acquire large chunks of land for projects. Delays in land acquisition for mining projects had bec
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Jaitapur plant, a dangerous version of Dhabol
The All India Power Engineers' Federation (AIPEF) and the National Confederation of Officers' Associations of Central Public Sector Undertakings (NCOA) have come out strongly against the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant. Terming it a
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Red signal on Posco land buy
Having got the green nod from the Union environment ministry for its mega plant in Odisha, South Korean steel major Posco will now be bracing for the next big challenge for its $12-billion project -land acquisition. This has been a sensitive and thorny issue in the mineral-rich state, where domestic steel giant Tata Steel is still struggling to get adequate land for its project announced nearly
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Rs 450 crore package soon for Jaitapur affected
<p>A new compensation package totalling over Rs450 crore for people affected by the Jaitapur nuclear power project is expected to be announced soon.
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MP power project finally gets Jairam green signal
The Environment Ministry on Friday lifted its stop-work order at Maheshwar hydel power project in Madhya Pradesh and allowed the construction of five remaining gates of the dam amidst concerns that existing structure could be severely damaged during the monsoon if not completed. But it said the gates cannot be lowered to make the project operational till work related to relief and rehabilitatio
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MoEF lifts stop-work on Narmada project
Minister of environment and forests (MoEF) Jairam Ramesh has ordered the lifting of the stop work order on the controversial Maheshwar Hydel Project being constructed on the river Narmada in Madhya Pradesh by the S.
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Bhalla distributes cheques among drought hit people of Samba
JAMMU, Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla today distributed cheques among the drought hit families of Samba district which has received Rs. 4 crore as the first installment to provide relief to the affected families of 2009 drought under CRF. So far Rs. 32 lakh have been distributed among various affected families of the border district, which forms the part of Rs.
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Land acquisition for Posco to be restarted soon
Bhubaneswar: A day after the Centre gave the final forest clearance to the South Korean steel major Posco