Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Arun Tiwari Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 06/05/2024. In the application, the allegation is of illegal mining of soil upto 10-15 mtrs. depth from the farmer’s land by M/s Gowar Construction Limited, the project proponent in collusion with the …
Power generation projects will become unviable if the cost of land acquisition goes beyond Rs.5 lakh an acre, according to Electricity Minister Arcot N. Veeraswami. Participating in the debate on the Budget in the Assembly on Wednesday, Mr Veeraswami said a consensus had been arrived at among the Neyveli Lignite …
The intermittent violence spread over 11 months at Nandigram last year notwithstanding, a cross-section of the people in the area are in favour of industries there that will provide them jobs, according to the standing committee on commerce and industries of the West Bengal Assembly. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who …
The Bombay high court on Monday dismissed some leading developers' petitions challenging the stop-work notice issued to them by the BMC for constructing flats on private forest land in blatant violation of the Forest Conservation Act. The immediate impact of the court order will be felt by an estimated 1 …
Steelmaker POSCO-India on Monday dropped its plan to perform the groundbreaking ceremony for the proposed 12 million tonne per annum mega steel project in Orissa on April 1. The company had announced the date a few months ago after a meeting between Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Chief Executive Officer …
"People need not worry,' says Deputy Conservator of Forests Bhaskarrao Walimbe on the Bombay High Court's order on Monday declaring over 100 acres of land suitable for acquisition as forest land. According to Walimbe, who followed up the case for the Forest Department at the Bombay High Court after residents …
The government's 11th Five-Year Plan initiative to spread micro-land ownership across the country has the potential to help 50 lakh people (or 1 lakh families) to secure land over the next five years, according to the Rural Development Institute (RDI). The RDI is an international non-profit organisation working closely with …
With the precision of a director's cut, Mrs Gandhi has swung her attention to farmers whose lands have been acquired by the government or private companies for big-ticket infrastructure projects such as SEZs, integrated townships and other industrial corridors. A senior Congress leader close to Mrs Gandhi talks about avenues …
Chinese group here to identify land for industrial zone A Chinese delegation led by Vice President of the Sichuan Chapter of the China Council for Promotion of International Trade Li Gang called on Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake at his office yesterday. The delegation briefed the Premier on the 9th Western …
Construction of houses under the Rajiv Swagruha scheme have stopped for several reasons including delay in land acquisition by revenue authorities and non-remittance of amount by the AP Rajiv Swagruha Corporation to the revenue department in East Godavari district. There is good response from people towards the scheme. This forced …
Presenting the 2008-09 budget, West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta on Monday announced the creation of a Rs.100-crore Special Assistance Fund for people who give their land for setting up big industries. He said that employment creation was the main objective of the budget and if realised the measures would …
State's land for poor scheme is a farce: Naidu Hyderabad, March 18: The Opposition on Tuesday termed the state government's land distribution programme for the poor a big farce. However, the government defended the programme vigorously as a progressive one. The debate over the issue veered into a heated exchange …
Bangladesh should allocate government lands among landless people, who contribute to the overall agriculture production and national economy, International Land Coalition director Bruce H Moore said in Dhaka on Sunday. The country also needs enforcement of the regulations on sharecropping and ensuring fair employment conditions and wages for agriculture workers …
Finance Minister Dayanand Narvekar has asserted that agricultural land in the State too shall be protected on the lines of ban on sale of land to foreigners. Agricultural land, he said, will be allowed to be sold only for agricultural purpose and not to persons other than agriculturists. This, he …
Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan (YJE) has raised questions about environmental implications of yesterday's land deal in NOIDA, which is being termed as the biggest land deal in the entire country. On Tuesday , BPTP Builders,a Delhi-based group, had bagged a 95-acre commercial plot in sector 94 of Noida for Rs 5,006 …
The Chhattisgarh government has acquired land from more than 1,000 people in the Lohandiguda block of Bastar district to facilitate Tata Steel build its greenfield integrated steel plant in the district. "Till February 23, 2008, the state government has paid a compensation of Rs 34.75 crore to 1,009 people against …
The much-talked-about Bill to repeal the Urban Land Ceiling Act may not be taken up in the current session of the Assembly. The Bill did not find place in the list of Bills to be tabled in the Assembly on Wednesday for discussion and approval in the next two weeks. …
The government on Monday said there was no proposal to bring the big agricultural firms under the tax net. "Under the existing provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961, agricultural income of any person is exempt from income tax. Currently, there is no proposal to do away with this exemption,' …
The government today said the country's agriculture land has marginally fallen in 2005-06, mainly due to diversion of farm land for non-agricultural purposes. Total cultivable land has declined to 182.57 million hectares in 2005-06 from 185.09 million hectares in 1980-81. During the same period, land under non-agricultural purpose went up …
The Mukesh Ambani-controlled Navi Mumbai SEZ Pvt Ltd has been charged with indulging in illegal land-filling activity by the tehsildar of the Panvel taluka. Navi Mumbai SEZ is developing a Special Economic Zone over 2,000 hectares in association with Cidco, the Maharashtra government's industrial and township development arm. When contacted, …
