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, …
The Rs. 35,000-crore Mangalore Special Economic Zone Project appears to have suffered a setback as a Central committee of experts has advised the Ministry of Environment and Forests against going ahead with Phase II of the project, according to information available on the website of the Ministry. At a meeting …
Land owners who gave away their lands for SEZ were compensated at the rate of Rs three lakh an acre and family members have been assured jobs on the basis of educational qualifications Around 2,100 acres of land, valued at Rs 63 crore, had been registered for the Special Economic …
MAKING AMENDS: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee distributing land ownership deeds to landless farmers in Nandigram, East Midnapur in West Bengal on Tuesday. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee appealed to Opposition parties in Nandigram on Tuesday "to join hands [with the State Government] and work together for development in Nandigram …
Even as the Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh, especially the BJP and the Samajwadi Party (SP) continue to rally against Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati's pet project, the Ganga Expressway, the state government remains unmoved in its bid to go ahead with the project. The Opposition's scathing attack on the …
Acquisition of land for developing special economic zones (SEZs) is a major cause for concern, says the Economic Survey for 2007-08, which was released yesterday by Finance Minister P Chidambaram. The Finance Ministry presents the Economic Survey in Parliament every year, just before the Union Budget. It is the ministry's …
The unions of public sector units are opposed to entrusting land belonging to AP Steel Factory to private agencies for developing it. The land is located in Paloncha town and several private companies vied for it. It is valued at over Rs 100 crore. The workers union of Sponge Iron …
