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 …
Japan expressed concern over the slow pace of land acquisition for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, but could not tell if this would delay the scheduled completion of the project by 2022. THE CONSUL General of Japan in Mumbai Ryoji Noda on Monday expressed concern over the slow pace of …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal on Monday rapped the Delhi government over improper depiction of encroachments on forest land in Southern Ridge and sought a proper map giving complete detail. A bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore directed the principal secretary of the Revenue Department to have a …
Chiredzi — THREE white commercial farmers have lost their properties in the latest land seizures in the south eastern district of Chiredzi. The High Court has ordered the farmers- Anna Bradfield, Mike Horsley and Shane Warth- to vacate their properties in Chiredzi. Magistrate Geraldine Mutsoto ordered them to vacate the …
Environmentalists in northeast Kenya are campaigning against a major construction project which they say is taking place on land grabbed illegally. The Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor project is worth an estimated $24.5bn. Activists say it will damage the environment. But the government has accused the activists of standing in …
Changes in the law would prove disastrous for the Aravalis, says Rao Inderjit Singh In an embarrassment to the BJP government in Haryana, Union Minister of State for Planning (Independent Charge) and the party’s Gurugram Lok Sabha MP Rao Inderjit Singh on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court’s order preventing the …
Acquired for Meerut-Loharu stretch of NH 334-B The District Revenue Office has revised the compensation for the land of Chhara village acquired for the National Highway No-334B (Meerut to Loharu in Bhiwani) and sent the proposal to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for approval. Sources say the rate …
However, the court said “the mighty and the undeserving” would be shown no mercy. Asks States to file affidavits to show verification was fair The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed its February 13 order directing the eviction of lakhs of the Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest-dwellers, whose claims for …
The Haryana state Assembly's assent to the Punjab Land Preservation Act (PLPA) Amendment Bill, 2019, withdrawing protection granted to Aravali hills and forests, goes against past Supreme Court orders and will prove disastrous for Delhi-NCR's environment, senior advocates and environmental activists said. On Wednesday, the PLPA act was amended through …
Developers allege State was not leasing land for projects auctioned by Central agencies The Centre is confident that the Gujarat government will offer land for wind energy projects tendered by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) in the State. Project developers had alleged that the State is not leasing …
PATNA: The state government will start a special land survey in the state from the 2019-20 fiscal for which 31,290 persons will be deployed on honorarium basis of payment under contractual terms, revenue and land reforms minister Ram Narain Mandal said on Thursday. The minister made the statement at a …
This paper investigates the impacts of sustainable land management (SLM) on water security and poverty based on an evaluation of a watershed level SLM program promoted in Amhara regional state of Ethiopia. A household survey was conducted in two WLRC watersheds with SLM programming as well as complementary support and …
PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: At a time when various projects are stuck over land acquisition issues, around 30 farmers from Kinhai and Shelarwadi villages have given up their agricultural land for building a 2.6km road connecting the two villages to Talegaon. The villages, which fall under the Dehu Road Cantonment Board (DCB) …
The land use in Aarey Milk Colony was sanctioned last on Friday. Mumbai: In order to introduce slum rehabilitation projects in Aarey Milk Colony, the state government has made new changes in land use at different locations. While the rehabilitation area for slum dwellers from Sanjay Gandhi National Park will …
The engagement of young people is vital for addressing current and future environmental challenges. This is particularly true in Asia and the Pacific, where ever-escalating development is bringing about a growing raft of environmental and societal challenges. The UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the accompanying Sustainable Development Goals …
DHAKA – The cabinet today in principle gave the final approval to “The draft of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (Land Acquisition) Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2019” removing disparity in compensation for land acquisition in the hills and plain land. “An ordinance to this end was promulgated at the end of the …
Deb said that forest dwellers and people at large have faced problems to access forest resources due to soil erosion caused by massive degradation of forestlands. The new project has got provisions to built 1,447 check dams in hilly terrains of Tripura. Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb Wednesday launched …
Wind power developers in Gujarat have got two months time from the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) to do financial closure of their proposed projects. This comes as a relief for projects worth 1,700 MW that were facing a penalty of ₹10,000 per MW per day for delays in …
A total of 15,000 hectares of land have been brought under wheat cultivation this season in the district with a production target of 62,000 metric tonnes of wheat. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) is expecting to achieve the bumper wheat production in the district during the current season because …
This study examines the drivers of tenure insecurity in Mozambique using data from the National Agricultural Survey (TIA) 2014 as well as a follow-up supplemental survey with detailed land tenure gender-disaggregated data from three groups: namely, principal male, principal female, and female spouses. Perceived risk of land loss (collective tenure …
