Affidavit filed by Chhattisgarh East West Railway Limited in the matter of Sudiep Shrivastava Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/04/2025. The appeal was disposed of by the NGT, April 29, 2019. However, the order was challenged before the Supreme Court (SC). The SC, November 26, 2024 disposed of …
This augmentation project would be taken up within the existing plant of 717 hectares and no additional land is required The Tata Steel logo is seen at the Tata Steel rails factory in Hayange, Eastern France Tata Steel Ltd has received final environment clearance for its Rs 1,877 crore expansion …
Up to 2.5 billion people depend on indigenous and community lands, which make up over 50 percent of the land on the planet; they legally own just one-fifth. The remaining five billion hectares remain unprotected and vulnerable to land grabs from more powerful entities like governments and corporations. There is …
A government panel, set up to suggest ways to improve the ease of doing business, has recommended that ministries — including coal, mines, steel, power, petro-chemicals and environment — work out a 20-year “perspective geographical plan”, indicating preferred locations for future projects, so that environmental clearances are granted at the …
Objections, suggestions invited from the public within 30 days The government has notified new draft rules to ensure the right to fair compensation and transparency in land acquisition in the Union Territory. The draft of Puducherry Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Rules, 2015’ …
Clearing hurdles for acquiring irrigated land for industrial purposes, Odisha government has come out with a concept of ‘compensatory irrigation’ asking industries to create irrigation area twice the loss of such land. “It is realised that sometimes it may not be possible for an industry to avoid irrigation command area …
Visakhapatnam: The final hearing of cases related to encroachment on the green belt areas along the national highway passing through the Port City would be held on February 26 by the National Green Tribunal. A case was filed by the Human Rights Council of Visakhapatnam alleging that the majority of …
The court had earlier dismissed the association’s petition challenging Madras High Court order Farmers Sangham has moved the Supreme Court to review the latter’s order in the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) pipeline alignment issue. The Supreme Court had on February 2, 2016 dismissed the association’s petition (and also …
Mananchira-Vellimadukunnu road-widening project The Mananchira-Vellimadukunnu Road Action Committee has demanded that District Collector N. Prasanth distribute within two weeks the amount of Rs. 35 crore recently sanctioned by the State government to landowners who handed over their property for the road-widening project. Committee president and historian M.G.S. Narayanan and general …
Hundreds of farmers under the banner of Bhoomi Bachao Sangharsh Samiti staged a dharna at Saidpur village here today to protest against the state government’s decision to give fertile land in 10 villages of the district to Wanda Group, a Chinese company, for the developing a modern industrial park. Raising …
The government has notified new draft rules to ensure the right to fair compensation and transparency in land acquisition in the Union Territory. The draft of Puducherry Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Rules, 2015’ has been published, as required by a section of …
The world’s leading body for the certification of sustainable palm oil has created new standards to tackle deforestation, human rights violations and greenhouse gas emissions on certified plantations. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) published the RSPO Next standards on 9 February following rising pressure from industry and campaigners …
Efforts made by the State Government in order to publish the 1982 land settlement survey have come as fresh air, at least for certain mining companies. The decision which has drawn some objections as well from different quarters is likely to settle land status issues which are said to be …
These rules may be called the Odisha Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Rules, 2016. They shall extend to the whole of the State of Odisha.
Officer visits industrial dust-affected areas Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim visited houses at Jokatte that have been affected by pollution due to release of dust from a chemical unit of an industry. The visit on Thursday was in the backdrop of complaints by the residents of the locality. After carrying …
While dismissing applications challenging land acquisition proceedings for the Renuka dam project, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday formed a committee to specifically report whether there is a complete and comprehensive resettlement and rehabilitation policy in place. In its detailed judgment, NGT bench headed by its chairperson Justice Swatanter …
Stating that the Supreme Court’s green signal to Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) to lay natural gas pipelines across seven districts would affect the farmers directly, the district unit of All India Kissan Sabha, Tamilaga Vivasayigal Sangam, staged protest outside the BSNL office on Five Road here on Wednesday. …
As foreign investments in agriculture and extractive industries increase pressures on land and natural resources, the effective use of legal tools, by government and advocates alike, has become an important ingredient of public efforts to ensure that foreign investment contributes to sustainable development. This handbook is about how to use …
Festering question marks over the EPR’s robustness and added worries of cost-related viability of new projects based on this technology are areas of concern The decks may have been cleared for what would be the world’s largest nuclear power generating station by net electrical power rating, with an early-2017 target …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Haryana Vs Eros City Developers Pvt. Ltd. and Others dated 19/01/2016 regarding acquisition of land measuring 129 kanals 14 marlas in village Lakarpur, District Faridabad. These appeals are directed against judgment and order dated 21.01.2008, passed by …
The project aims to cater to the requirements of over 7.55 million people in drought-prone Kolar, Chickballapur, Ramanagaram, Tumakuru, Bengaluru Rural and Hassan districts. The state-level green panel has given nod for diversion of 13.93 hectares of forest land in Hassan district, Karnataka, for implementation of Yettinahole Integrated Drinking Water …
