Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
To look into grant of work permits for foreign nationals Seeking to remove the unreasonable roadblocks and to win the confidence of international investors in the oil and gas exploration operations, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has stepped in and set up a high-powered Committee of Secretaries (CoS) to examine …
Bhubaneswar: Unable to proceed with their projects due to different reasons, Vedanta Aluminium and Posco have sought more time from the Centre to implement their respective special economic zones (SEZs). An inter-ministerial Board of Approval (BoA), presided over by Union commerce secretary Rahul Khullar, will consider both the requests on …
Rajya Sabha member from Andhra Pradesh V. Hanumantha Rao has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to order a detailed review of utilisation of prime land allotted to industries under the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) as there are complaints of misuse of such land for real estate purposes. In a letter …
Two major Information Technology (IT) buildings in the State, work on which had been taken up without obtaining the mandatory environment clearance, are among the six ventures that have sought approval from the newly constituted State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC). The first meeting of SEAC, to be held in Thiruvananthapuram …
This performance audit report on land allotment by CAG covering the period 2006 to 2011 has identified serious irregularities in land allotments by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India contains the results of performance audit of ‘Land Allotment’ in Andhra Pradesh …
This report for the year ended 31 March 2011 has been prepared for submission to the Governor under Article 151 of the Constitution. The report contains the results of examination by Audit of ‘Acquisition and allotment of land by Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board’, Commerce and Industries Department.
The salient features / highlights of the Draft Metropolitan Development Plan are: The projected population of HMDA area for 2031 is 1.84 crores, The Base Map is prepared on the basis of Satellite Image of CARTOSATI, LISS-IV Multi spectral data, SOI Topo sheets and Village cadastral maps; Environmental Suitability and …
Mumbai: An indefinite moratorium on new environmental clearances for mining in the ecologically sensitive zone (ESZ) in Goa and Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts in Maharashtra has been recommended by the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel . It has also recommended a ban on new licences for quarrying and sand mining. …
Weeks after the Haryana government asked Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) to return the land it got from the government to set up a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Gurgaon, the company has now asked the state to pay around Rs 1200 crore in return of the 1,383.68 acres. The total …
This paper gives a broad overview of the laws and policies of land acquisition in India, concentrating on the practices of 5 states of India (Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra, and Karnataka), and looking more particularly at the practices of land banking, and land acquisitions for tourism related projects.
The three-day State conference of the CPI (M) which concluded in Bhiwani on Monday passed a resolution lambasting the Haryana Government for its “senseless” land acquisition policy. Haryana unit secretary Inderjit Singh said not a single Special Economic Zone had come up in the State even though the Bhupinder Singh …
The Haryana government today said it was in talks with Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) to take back 1,383 acres in Gurgaon as the company has failed to develop the special economic zone over the same. "Yes, we are in talks with Reliance [with regard to handover of the Gurgaon …
The Reliance India Limited (RIL) Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Gurgaon is on its way to being shelved. Sources say RIL is expected to return the 1,383.68 acres it got from the government back to the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (HSIIDC). The decision comes after RIL …
State-run power producer National Thermal Power Corposration (NTPC) plans to foray into power distribution across the country in a big way. The company has already started internal discussions on the plan, expected to be finalised in medium future. “We are exploring the business model for entering power distribution, whether to …
Nandigram: Five years after a movement that catapulted it into spotlight at the national level and spelt the beginning of the end of the 34-year Left rule, Nandigram is still counting the losses of the bloody anti-land acquisition movement. Development is at a standstill and many of those who had …
Nandigram, 3 Jan: Five years after a movement that catapulted it into the national spotlight and spelt the beginning of the end of the 34-year Left rule, Nandigram is still counting the losses of the bloody anti-land acquisition movement. Development is at a standstill and many of those who had …
This new study of large land acquisitions in developing countries by International Land Coalition says that while large land deals can create opportunities, they are more likely to cause problems for the poor, who often lose access to land essential to their livelihoods. This report synthesises the findings of the …
Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy of the High Court on Thursday directed the State government to clearly spell out its policy for acquiring large areas of land and giving it away in the name of petro-chemical corridors and Special Economic Zones (SEZs). The Judge expressed dismay how such huge extents are …
The European Union (EU) and the Government of India are currently negotiating a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that aims to liberalise 'substantially all trade' between the two trading blocks on a reciprocal basis. Beyond trade in goods, the FTA will contain chapters on services, investment, public procurement, intellectual property …
The contemporary debate on the SEZ policy has been quite fierce but the focus has been mostly on the issues pertaining to the establishment, sanctioning procedures, land grabbing and protests against the SEZ policy. In the melee, the major issue of economic utility (if any) of SEZs is forgotten or …
