The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
As a parliamentarian, you are in a position to muster the political will necessary to overcome the inadequacies of the present legal framework, and ensure land to all. This policy brief has been written with the aim of familiarizing you with the problems of the landless and the controversies, gaps …
The CPI(ML-L) on Sunday alleged irregularities in acquisition of land by Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority and claimed that successive governments had forcefully acquired farmlands from farmers through the body in the name of industrial development. However, no industrial development had taken place till date and the acquired land was …
Kolkata, 1 NOV: The Cabinet sub-committee on industry chaired by the chief minister, Miss Mamata Banerjee today gave its approval to the regularising of ceiling-excess land purchased by private investors who had signed agreements with various government departments, including Jindal Steel (JSW) and Patton, but attached a condition that the …
From 1970 to 1995 the world made progress in reducing the number of hungry people but the figure always remained above 750 million. Since then, the number has progressively risen, increasing to over a billion in 2009, and remaining above 900 million in 2010. But in this rather dismal global …
Gifting of land, or bhoodan in Hindi, is the current obsession of the government. It is on a spree of acquiring land. This is often termed as bhoodan to corporate houses. There is another kind of bhoodan that is being talked about. For a country that is demographically young, this …
Following instructions from the chief minister, the state land and land reforms (L&LR;) department will place a host of proposals for acquisition of land for state government projects in the next Cabinet meeting after she insisted that every such proposal should be placed before the Cabinet for a thorough scrutiny. …
Gandhi Jayanti, October 2, this year is going to witness a new movement. Activists belonging to a non-profit, Ekta Parishad, will undertake a Jan Satyagraha Samwad Yatra to highlight the ongoing land and livelihood struggles across the country. The Jan Satyagraha Samwad Yatra will highlight the ongoing land and livelihood …
Some states have invested in land records but the progress has been slow and uneven Frustrated at the tardy progress of digitisation of land records across the country, the centre is set to infuse some urgency into the initiative at the first meeting of the National Council of Land Reforms …
Amitabh Bachchan may have been a popular mascot for the national pulse polio campaign, but the Goa Law Commission has now used the superstar as a celebrity footnote to promote its crucial draft agricultural land reform legislation. Speaking to mediapersons here, Commission Chairman Ramakanth Khalap recommended that the State Government …
This report is intended to provide an overview of forest tenure in Asia between 2002 and 2010, building on and updating previous regional tenure studies undertaken by the Rights and Resources Initiative, and RRI and the International Tropical Timber Organization. It is supplemented by a set of country studies, which …
KOLKATA, 24 AUG: There is no repugnancy between the Land Reforms Act and Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011 as the two are on different footings, advocate-general Mr Anindya Mitra submitted before Mr Justice IP Mukerji of Calcutta High Court today. The other side did not contend that possession …
Establishing claims of tribals on their land is the essential prerequisite for effective implementation of any land reform, tribal affairs minister Kishore Chandra Deo told FE. He clarified that for the implementation of the proposed land acquisition law or even the Mines and Minerals Development and Regulatory Authority Bill, claims …
The Department of Economics and Statistics has begun work on the ninth Agricultural Census in the State. The main thrust of the enumeration relates to ascertaining ownership of land, its utility on agriculture, details of crops, mode of irrigation, usage of fertilisers, pesticides etc. The survey is significant as Kerala …
India's economic success has been remarkable; India's agricultural success will follow. Rural India still needs nurturing, not necessarily by just extra funding, but with vision and leadership addressing issues, with down to earth, workable solutions.
In a state such as Odisha in which Dalit and tribal groups comprise about 40 per cent of the total population, the issue of ‘access’ to land and resources has apparently been central to all conflicts. For traditional communities, ‘access’ is directly linked to civilizational paradigms and cultural ethos, which …
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda CHANDIGARH: In a significant development, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday hinted that the State's Land Acquisition Policy, which has drawn acclaim as well as criticism, could be further amended for the welfare of farmers. Talking to media persons after a meeting …
This paper seeks to provide an overview of the complex and dynamic relationship between nutrition and growth, examine how different growth patterns lead to different nutritional outcomes, and identify the factors that influence the magnitude of this relationship. It aims to offer researchers insights on areas for future research and …
JAIPUR: The Union Government has sanctioned a scheme worth Rs.538 crore for reforms in agricultural fields situated in the Gang Canal Project region in northern Rajasthan. The five-year scheme is likely to cover an area measuring 1.83 lakh hectares by 2014-15. Benefit: According to an official release here on Wednesday, …
