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 …
Parliament is expected to debate whether the Constitution should be amended to allow expropriation without compensation between November 26 and 28. The Joint Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) met on Thursday to discuss its programme and elected ANC MP Stanford Maila as chairperson. This, after Vincent Smith stepped down as chairperson …
The Court of Appeal will start hearing an appeal by an American firm seeking to invest Sh23 billion in wind power generation in Lamu, on October 9. ALSO READ: British firm fights hearing of Sh8.5b suit by Kenyan court Cordisons International (K) Limited is appealing a May 25 High Court …
Farm prices in South Africa have plunged by a third since the ruling party decided to seek a change to the Constitution to make it easier to expropriate land without compensation. This as commodity prices fell due to bumper harvests following a drought. The average price of agricultural land sold …
South Africa rejected a tweet by Donald Trump about the country's land reform policy and the "large scale killing" of farmers saying the US president was "misinformed". Trump said on Wednesday he directed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to "closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures". "The presidency …
The ANC has targeted 139 selected farms that they plan to expropriate without compensation in the coming weeks as it moves to make good on its commitment to test out section 25 of the Constitution. The governing party emerged from a two-day lekgotla of its highest decision-making body, the national …
South Africa's president says the ruling African National Congress (ANC) will push ahead with plans for the expropriation of land from white farmers, without compensation. Cyril Ramaphosa says the ANC will try to amend the Constitution with the support of the left-wing Economic Freedom Fighters. The issue of land ownership …
South Africa will push ahead with plans to amend the constitution to allow land expropriation without compensation, its president says. In a recorded address, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the ruling ANC will "finalise a proposed amendment" allowing the move. He said the reform was "of critical importance" to the economy. …
DEHRADUN: As many as 6,000 villagers will lay siege to a hydroelectricity power plant built on Alaknanda River in Pauri district from Wednesday morning, claiming that most them were not given compensation for their lands which were acquired about ten years ago to construct the plant. Villagers, mostly from Srinagar …
Pune: The Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) has sought environment clearance to the proposed site for the international airport in Purandar. A source in the government said the MADC had written to the environment department for environment clearance to the project. It is among the procedures listed for finalizing the …
Rural and indigenous communities worldwide must wade through decades of red tape to secure property rights while companies can win those rights within weeks, putting local people at grave risk of losing their homelands, researchers said on Wednesday. Lacking legal claim to their property leaves communities vulnerable to being pushed …
The Myanmar government must undertake reforms in its hydropower sector to prevent dam projects from negatively impacting rural ethnic minority communities in southeastern Kayin state, where electrification rates are lowest in the nation, according to a report issued by two ethnic Karen NGOs. The 31-page report titled “Development or Destruction? …
GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat government, while nearing the November 2018 deadline for land acquisition for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project, has decided to offer 25% more compensation, over the rates fixed by current norms, where farmers are protesting. Gujarat revenue minister Kaushik Patel said, “Land acquisition for the bullet train project …
As per the requirements of Section 4(1) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013, it is mandatory to conduct SIA and prepare a Social Impact Management Plan (SIMP) for acquisition of land (a) by the government for its own use, hold …
According to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Act, 2013, it is mandatory to conduct a Social Impact Assessment (SIA) and prepare a Social Impact Management Plan (SMP) for acquisition of land by government for its own use, hold and control or …
Increasing global demand for natural resources is intensifying competition for land across the developing world, pushing companies onto territories that many Indigenous Peoples and rural communities have sustainably managed for generations. These communities, who collectively hold at least half the world’s land but legally own just 10 percent of land …
The enactment of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation Act, 2013, has made sweeping changes in the land acquisition laws of India (LARR Act, 2013). By increasing the compensation for acquired land, mandating a social impact assessment to be undertaken and requiring the …
The “land question” has invigorated agrarian studies and economic history since Marx and early 20th century writers on agrarian questions. In countries that allow private land ownership, compulsory land acquisition is the right and action of the government to take property not owned by it for public use. In the …
This paper describes and analyses six mechanisms that provide an end-to-end area development approach that enables land acquisition, its planning, and servicing, as well as methods to capture the land’s increased value to help pay for basic infrastructure and social amenities. A case was selected for each type of mechanism …
Ministry of forest accords environmental clearance to Chennai airport phase II facelift CHENNAI: Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) has accorded environmental clearance for Phase-2 modernisation of Chennai Airport, which will be carried out within the existing airport premises without the need for additional land acquisition. According …
To secure long-term power security, the state government had signed pacts with 30 IPPs, envisaging generation capacity of 37,000 Mw Odisha has launched the crackdown on frivolous thermal power producers. The state government has kicked off the process of resuming land from developers of failed power projects. To secure long-term …
