The Gujarat Government issued a notification dated 08th February, 2024 that pertains to the publication of the Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Laws (Amendment) Act, 2024, which further amends the Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, the Saurashtra Gharkhed, Tenancy Settlement and Agricultural Lands Ordinance, 1949, and the Gujarat …
a discreet letter, che/gen-318/dp/gen, dated October 16, 2006, from the commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (mcgm) was recently discussed during its improvements committee meeting. Its subject line has worried urban planners and activists: "Policy guidelines for allowing development of lands reserved for public purposes of gymnasium, gymkhana club, …
Dhurli village, Dantewada district, August 30, 11.30 am: Armed police in riot gear stand in clusters around the walled compound where people of this quiet, picturesque village are to gather for a gram sabha hearing. They are to decide today whether they want Essar Steel to set up a 3.2 …
This can happen only in India. Introspection is always with retrospective effect. On June 23, 2005, the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Bill was passed by Parliament into a law. Six months later, in February 2006, the Ministry of Commerce notified the rules. An empowered Group of Ministers met eight times …
South Korean steel giant Posco today pledged to provide jobs to all displaced families whose land has been acquired by the company for its 12 MT integrated steel plant in Orissa. "Posco India will provide employment to one member of all originally displaced families and also to all families who …
The State Assembly passed the contentious Meghalaya Transfer of Land (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2004 to prevent transfer and alienation of property or land in the Sixth Scheduled areas by means of a will to another non-tribal 'outside one's own family.' The new amendment enables a non-tribal to transfer land only …
Desert Afforestation Station was established in 1952 at Jodhpur. This was later expanded into Desert Afforestation and Soil Conservation Station in 1957, and finally upgraded to Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI) in 1959 under Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi. The CAZRI operates through 7 Divisions, located at …
Tribals are losing out to non-tribals in the fight for precious land in agency areas. Out of the 72,001 cases booked under the Andhra Pradesh Schedule Areas Land Transfer Regulation (LTR), a powerful law having stringent provisions for the protection of tribals, 47.47 per cent have gone against tribals. This …
The families of two of India's best known authors, Arundhati Roy and Vikram Seth, have been issued notices by a local Madhya Pradesh court for allegedly encroaching on a tribal's land. Forest officials Nishikant Jadhav and J.C. Sharma are the other two parties in the case, who have allegedly built …
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy's pet programmme Jalayagnam is likely to impose a heavy burden on farmers of Telangana and Rayalaseema regions in the form of increased water charges. Almost all major irrigation projects being taken up in these two regions are lift irrigation (LI) schemes, which use …
The hour-long meeting between Salim Group chief Mr Benny Santoso and chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee merely managed to set a deadline for a final settlement by 30 July on projects the Indonesian conglomerate is eyeing in the Kolkata, West Bengal, including the mega chemical hub at Nandigram. The Salim …
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has decided to follow upgraded Bengal model for land reforms in Bihar. He has made his intention clear to the top bureaucrats in the state to set up a land reforms commission shortly to set the pace for land reforms. The land reforms were promised in …
The Himachal Cabinet gave its nod for signing the implementation agreement for the controversial Himalayan Ski village project which has been facing stiff opposition from the BJP and the local village gods of the Kulu valley, Himachal Pradesh. The Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Mr Virbhadra Singh, the …
Another Muthunga-like situation has developed in the Aralam Farm Land. Nearly a 1,000 Adivasi families, supported by various organizations including some extremist tribal outfits, have illegally taken over the farm land. They have virtually thrown out disarray the orderly distribution of the land initiated in the first week of March …
Section 2 (4): Forests include waste or arable lands containing trees, shrubs or reeds Section 3: Every Janmam estate including all communal pasture lands, forests, rivers, situated within the boundaries thereof shall be transferred to the government. Section 8: Under this section, jenmis (holders of the original Janmom land) are …
Government lands that ought to have been assigned to the tribals are not being assigned to them for want of survey of the lands in the Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh. This is because surveyors are not posted in the Scheduled V (Tribal) mandals. This is one of the many stunning …
Bhoomi, Karnataka: computerised 20 million records and fully implemented in all 177 talukas Tamil Nilam, Tamil Nadu: covers 206 talukas and provides additional services of birth/death certificate, old age pension particulars, etc. e-Dharni, Goa: computerised and digitalised and records Bhuyan, Chhattisgarh: fully implemented in 98 tehsils Apna Khata, Rajasthan: implemented …
Central Mumbai will still retain its cityscape dotted with chimneys of the erstwhile textile mills, at least for a while. In an order that will bring cheer to conservation activists, the Bombay high court stayed the demolition of 23 heritage structures on 15 private and one stateowned mill premises in …
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) board unanimously passed the controversial mixed land use policy, seeking to implement it across Delhi. The proposal, sent to the Union Ministry of Urban Development today, will be notified by March 29, said DDA sources. Originally slated to be incorporated in the new Delhi Masterplan …
The Haryana Government has prepared a project worth Rs 935 crore to improve the quality of land. It would cover 40,000 hectares of land in seven years in 1,000 villages. According to official sources, an amount of Rs 222.25 crore would be spent on drainage and water disposal schemes which …
AFTER Tuesday's Supreme Court order cleared the way for mill land redevelopment in Mumbai, the National Textile Corporation (NTC) is giving final touches to a grand land sale programme. It will sell eight or nine mills, but plans to redevelop its favourite itself: India United Mill No 6 (INDU 6)
