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 …
Expansion and development of urban areas require acquisition of land, which, in turn, often requires physical relocation of people who own or occupy this land. Land acquisition and resettlement may also be required to improve the lives of the more than 1 billion people who currently live in slums around …
This publication seeks to illustrate some conflicting issues in the field of food and nutrition in Asia. The contributions from across the continent highlight a selection of fields, where political action is needed to ensure that there is enough food on people's plate, which is also healthy and nutritious.
This document provides a synthesis of the findings from an investigation of tenure risk in East, West, and Southern Africa. The analysis shows that a majority of tenure disputes are caused by the displacement of local peoples, indicating that companies and investors are not doing enough to understand competing claims …
Amid the realities of major political turbulence, there was growing recognition in 2016 that the land rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities are key to ensuring peace and prosperity, economic development, sound investment, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Despite equivocation by governments, a critical mass of influential investors …
New Delhi’s “urban villages” are the result of government land acquisitions that began in 1912 and continued into the 1960s. Since the 1980s, growing demand for real estate within the city has engendered unprecedented residential and commercial development in these former agrarian areas. The consequences of this include structural changes …
Chandigarh: The Haryana cabinet on Thursday approved a policy on purchase of land voluntarily offered to the government by farmers for development projects. A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting of the cabinet that met here, an official spokesperson said. The policy aims at preventing distress sale …
The canal-top idea was first tabled at a 2011 Vibrant Gujarat Summit by the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi, said Bela Jani, a spokesperson at state-owned Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited (GSECL). The aim was to utilise the area above the canals, saving the government the cost, time and inconvenience …
पश्चिम बंगाल में दक्षिण 24 परगना के भांगर इलाके में पावर प्रोजेक्ट के लिए जमीन अधिग्रहण के खिलाफ चल रहा विरोध प्रदर्शन मंगलवार को हिंसक हो उठा। हिंसक भीड़ ने दस पुलिस वाहनों को आग के हवाले कर दिया, जबकि इस हिंसा में दो लोगों की मौत हो गई है। …
Visakhapatnam: The state government's plans to develop a minor port with the support of a private developer at Bhavanapadu in Srikakulam district has hit a temporary roadblock as the union ministry of home affairs (MHA) is yet to clear the proposal. According to senior AP government sources, the project proposal …
GOVERNMENT is working on solving land tenure issues for solar farms after it emerged that some investors were being given five-year leases, too short for investors to recoup their investments. Solar is one of the major renewable sources of energy expected to help ease the power shortages in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe …
Representations were received by the Commission from Lachhu Oram and others from Sundergarh District of Odisha, who pray for justice as after acquisition of their land, for establishment of Rourkela Steel Plant erstwhile Hindusan Steel Plant, due compensation was not paid, employment was not given to family members of displaced …
THIRUVANAMTHAPURAM: The state government has issued an order granting in-principle nod for Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA) to set up Rs 1864 crore Petrochemical Park in Kochi. It is planned to procure 600 acre land from FACT complex at Ambalamugal in Kochi to set up the project. "Now, that …
Farmers brave the cool morning dew to collect oranges and passionfruit from their farms in Miwani village. Here, a narrow footpath leads to the homestead of Milcah Maingi, a 52-year-old farmer. Lush fruit trees and banana plants surround the house, but she says this is nothing compared to what she …
Karnataka’s intentions of meeting the Centre’s renewable energy targets appears to be taking as many steps backward as forward—currently, as against a commissioned capacity of 5,514.31MW, proposals worth 5,064.15MW have been cancelled. This is because a substantially high number of applications for setting up wind, hydroelectric and solar power projects …
Will release more funds for the project after Niti Aayog grants its approval After hanging fire for 22 years, the 175-m-high Renukaji Dam has finally set to see the light of day as the Ministry of Water Resources has released Rs 446. 96 crore to Himachal that will enable HP …
The state government has started the work to axe 1,763 trees after acquiring land of the Forest Department along the Western Yamuna Canal for the Western bypass project and near Assandh for the Assandh bypass project. Both the projects aim at ensuring smooth flow of traffic. As many as 1,037 …
Around the world, 26.7 million hectares of agricultural land have been transferred into the hands of foreign investors since the year 2000. This means that these investors possess approximately 2 per cent of the arable land worldwide, or roughly the equivalent to the total area covered by United Kingdom and …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Laljibhai Kadvabhai Savaliya & Others Vs State of Gujarat & Others dated 05/10/2016 regarding Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962 enacted by Parliament to provide for the acquisition of right of user …
Armed conflict and communal or ethnic violence have continued to cause massive displacement in India. The country is in need of amending its policies in accordance with the United Nations Guiding Principles for protecting internally displaced persons. The reliability of the existing data on IDPs and lack of a national …
India’s strong environmental protection norms were meant to reduce the imbalance in negotiating positions between the promoters of industrial projects and those likely to be affected by them. Judged on that metric alone, they have largely met with failure. The effects of the violations of these norms have tended to …
