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 …
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)
Setting aside the Bombay High Court verdict and removing the question mark on the fate of almost 600 acres of land in Mumbai, the Supreme Court upheld the legal validity of the sale of surplus mill land by National Textile Corporation (NTC). A division bench, of Justices S B Sinha …
In capital Ranchi in Jharkhand, no one had imagined that water scarcity would force the parents to extend the marriage of their daughters, and wives will pack off, leaving their husbands to fend themselves. Besides wives packing off, there are scores of example where parents extended the date of marriage …
The first phase of land distribution among landless Adivasis at the Aralam Farm in Kannur district in Kerala will take place. Addressing a news conference, District Collector K S Srinivas disclosed that in the first phase around 840 tribal families will get one acre each at the farm. The beneficiaries …
This article gives an idea of the benefits accruing to landowners by the computerization of land records in West Bengal. Though a lot of work has been done, there still are deficiencies in the system, which need to be addressed so as to make this programme useful at large.
The Andhra Pradesh Government has earmarked a whopping Rs 10,000 crore for the irrigation sector in the 2006-07 budget, unprecedented in the history of any other State. This is 51.15% increase over the allocation of Rs 6,350 crore in current year's budget. The Government had earmarked Rs 4,002 crore in …
No multi-crop agricultural land will be handed over to the Salim Ciputra Group to set up the township in west Howrah, the state land and land reforms minister Mr Abdul Rezzak Mollah said in the Assembly. He said the Salim group has not yet submitted the detailed project report (DPR) …
The mokasodari system has its origin in pre-liberation Goa when mokasodars used to collect revenue from the villagers. Says Amrut Kasar, land rights expert, a mokasodar was not just a revenue collectors, he enjoyed a high social and political status in the village. The Portuguese colonial rulers allowed the mokasodar's …
In a drafty government institute, Nighat Anjum reads from a dog-eared textbook on traditional Indian medicine and acquaints herself with the miracle fruit known as aamla, which is said to be useful in treating heart palpitations, immune disorders, bed-wetting and memory lapses. The 27-year-old physician enters its properties in a …
