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 …
PASIGHAT, May 13: Parliamentary Secretary for Land Management Padi Richo, accompanied by a team of officers headed by Land Reforms Director, Government of India, Dr A K Singh and state Land Management Director E Nangkar visited Mirbuk village on Tuesday and had face-to-face interaction with the villagers and took their …
An Act to provide for the establishment, administration and management of a system of conclusive property titles with title guarantee and indemnification against losses due to inaccuracies in property titles, through registration of immovable properties and further to amend the relevant Acts as stated in the Schedule and matters connected …
This paper examines land tenure in informal urban settlements in India from a gender perspective through field research conducted in Ahmedabad in collaboration with the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). The author describes the formal and informal tenure arrangements that were in place in these settlements and analyses their implications for …
Over the past six years or so, the Congress seems to be undergoing change both with regard to the balance of power within the organization and its ideological orientation. It is fashionable to take the Gandhi family to the cleaners because of its dynastic grip on power. But it must …
Customary land rightsPalm oil firm loses to Kayans A native community in Malaysia won a 12-year legal battle against the Sarawak state government and palm oil giant ioi Pelita after the state’s apex court recognized their customary land rights. The court ruled that the government had unconstitutionally granted the native …
Advocate turned activist Benedict Noronha has urged the State government to introduce apposite amendments to the Articles 79A and 79B of the Land Reforms Act of 1974. Speaking to media persons here on Wednesday, he said that there is a need to introduce appropriate and relevant amendments to the articles …
The crisis in agriculture is real and cannot be denied despite official apathy for more than two decades. Some of the major symptoms of this crisis are suicides numbering more than 100,000 in the last one decade; more than 40% of farmers being ready to give up agriculture at the …
The West Bengal government on Monday decided to withdraw the Land Reforms Amendment Bill 2006, making it evident that Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had capitulated to his firebrand comrade and Land Minister Abdur Rezzak Mollah. The Bill was placed in the Assembly in order to redefine land ceiling provisions for …
In the face of persistent rural poverty, an incomplete agrarian transition, the predominance of small and marginal farms and a growing feminisation of agriculture, this paper argues for a new institutional approach to poverty reduction, agricultural revival and social empowerment. It makes a strong case for a group approach to …
Jyoti basu, the cpi(m) stalwart who served as West Bengal chief minister for 23 years, never gave long speeches on environment. But his deeds spoke louder than words. Many of the steps he took to protect the environment served as the model. He was given a high ranking among chief …
BANGALORE: Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda on Thursday threatened a Statewide agitation if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka continued to blatantly acquire agricultural land for industrial purposes in violation of the Karnataka Land Reforms (Amendment) Rules 1996. Addressing a press conference …
In its resolution 10/12, the Human Rights Council requested the Advisory Committee to undertake a study on discrimination in the context of the right to food, including identification of good practices of anti-discriminatory policies and strategies, and to report on it to the thirteenth session of the Council. The present …
Historically, compared to other developing economies, India has had relatively smaller agricultural land-holdings. Mixed farming and animal tending was the backbone of small and marginal rain-fed agriculture. Diverse food crops along with animal produce ensured relatively balanced nutrition. But policies in independent India reduced diversity while increasing the market dependence …
A close look at the agricultural scenario in the hill state of Sikkim reveals that foodgrain production has been growing more slowly than population. The state has failed to augment agrarian reforms and public investment in agriculture has been on the decline. As a result, foodgrain production, productivity, gross sown …
The state land and land reforms minister, Mr Abdur Rezzak Mollah has asked his department to put all land acquisition work on hold due to lack of manpower. Despite the intervention of the chief minister, the department is yet to get replacements after several officials retired and their posts fell …
FOOD prices are sky-high and the governments at the Centre and the states can do little more than blame one another. The present rise in food prices cannot be tackled through conventional means, because food prices are going up because of higher demand from all sections of society. In other …
The Maoists have been at the helm of the movement in Lalgarh right from its inception. Even as they organised the resistance to state repression, they put in place, at a rudimentary level, an alternative programme of development based on the people
K. Balchand NEW DELHI: A committee appointed by the Union Government has found fault with the entire process of land reforms, particularly the dubious role of officialdom, and called for revisiting the land ceiling limits and that too with retrospective effect. The Committee on State Agrarian Relations and the Unfinished …
