Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
The NDA government doesn’t seem to be immune to inter-ministerial wrangling, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently discovered during a meeting of all departments dealing with infrastructure. After the ministries of surface transport and environment sparred over pending green nods to stalled road projects, the Prime Minister directed the officials …
The Prime Minister's Office has asked the environment ministry to relax the clauses in the relevant laws to speed up clearances for road projects. It also told the road ministry that the National Highways Act could be amended to ensure that people whose land is acquired for construction of highways …
AP revenue officials have told Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu that according to new Land Acquisition Rehabilitation, Resettlement Act, acquisition of land, not only for construction of the new capital city, but also for any new industry, will be difficult. They said in addition to the lengthy process, …
With major states including those ruled by parties outside the ruling alliance raising objections to a host of unworkable provisions in the new Land Acquisition Act, the Modi government has put the Act, which came into force just six months ago, under a comprehensive review. Although there are minor differences …
These suggestions were made by state governments during a daylong meeting with Union Rural Development Minister Nitin Gadkari in June If the Centre heeds states' suggestions on the land acquisition Act, the law could be in for a major overhaul. The changes might include doing away with the requirement of …
From scrapping the “consent clause” for Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects to narrowing the definition of “affected families” eligible for rehabilitation and resettlement, the Rural Development Ministry has proposed a number of amendments which, if cleared, could lead to large scale dilution of the new Land Acquisition Act, making the …
Farmers from 78 villages of Mangaon, Roha and Tala tehsil in Raigad district will be protesting on Wednesday against the alleged forceful land acquisition for Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project. The farmers, who are organized under the banner of Anti-Corridor Struggle Action Committee, will protest the acquisition of 67,500 …
Rural development min Gadkari has forwarded a set of suggestions to PMO The NDA government is set to tweak the Land Acquisition Act, 2013 which was brought in by the previous UPA government to redress some of the issues regarding compensation and rehabilitation of owners of land acquired for industrial …
The first-ever Cumulative Environmental Impact Assessment (CEIA) study of 38 hydro power projects in the Sutlej basin has recommended that the government should designate “the fish-rich khuds, mid-Sutlej, eco-sensitive Spiti, Upper Kinnaur area and 10 other protection areas as no-go zone for hydro projects”. The study further seeks to implement …
Twelve farmers were booked for rioting; obstructing a public servant from performing his duty and criminal trespass after a group of villagers attacked officials of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) yesterday and forced them to leave their agriculture land acquired for the upcoming nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur …
The govt has proposed that the agencies be allowed to make one-time payment for all compensation and rehabilitation charges to the hit property owners In a move to fasttrack land acquisition for highway projects, the road transport ministry has proposed that the agencies concerned including NHAI should be allowed to …
Land acquisition for huda sectors Infuriated over the state government's move to acquire land for developing residential sectors, farmers in five villages in the district on Tuesday tore the notices served on them by the government and burnt those at the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) office to register their …
The protest against land acquisition for industrial projects has gathered momentum in Rewari. The residents of five more villages have also opened front against the state government for acquiring their fertile land to develop HUDA Sector 20 and 21 in Rewari town. The villagers have refused to receive the award …
land acquisition for HUDA sectors 20, 21 After facing resistance by farmers of 16 villages against acquiring 3,700 acre land for setting up a ‘Multi Model Logistic Hub’ in Bawal Industrial town, residents of five other villages in this district have also opened front against the state government for acquiring …
On paper, much done to restore traditional tribal rights but govt prerogative & industry interests are a formidable barrier Since March, denying tribals their legal rights over forests invites imprisonment for up to five years under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The Manmohan Singh …
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court issued notices to the Maharashtra government and officials from Jalna on Monday in the petition challenging the notification issued this year that takes away the discretion conferred on the government by the First Schedule of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency …
Exploring an alternative to the existing long and cumbersome process of land acquisition, the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) on Thursday invited consultants for defining a framework for a land-pooling policy. Land at present is acquired according to the provisions of the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. …
It will override legislations such as KIADB Act, BDA Act, KHB Act and others The State government is likely to finalise rules and regulations under the new Central legislation - Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, - in the next three to four days. A notification in this regard …
The government will soon publicize the draft rules for implementing the Union government's flagship law - Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act. The revenue and parliamentary affairs department is looking into the issue. Officials said the government will not make new additions or deletions to the act; it is only …
In the outskirts of North-West Delhi, a farming village that has metamorphosed into a small town is Kanjhawala where a group of old farmers have been continually sitting on a dharna for six years, demanding back their land, which was acquired by the government for industrial use. As another election …
