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 …
Tacitly admitting that there’s no likelihood of the Rajya Sabha approving the Bill to amend the Land Acquisition Act, 2013, in the immediate future, the NDA government is prodding states, especially those ruled by political dispensations friendly to it, to implement the key proposals in the Bill. After Wednesdays’ meeting …
Hyderabad: The farmers whose lands are likely to be acquired for the Polavaram project have approached the Hyderabad High Court challenging the AP government notification issued under Section 11 (1) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The AP government issued …
The displaced villagers at Kute on Sunday demanded Rs 2 crore per acre in compensation for the land acquired by the state government for the new assembly building. This comes two days before chief minister Raghubar Das's scheduled meeting with the land losers. More than 15 families, who have been …
In rural areas, farmers to get four times the price of their land to be acquired. The Maharashtra government has gone ahead with its move of pushing for land acquisition by offering the maximum compensation allowed, four times the price of land, for rural areas. The revenue department has issued …
The government has refused RTI requests for information on the decision-making process on amendments to Land Acquisition Bill. On January 17, Chitrangada Choudhury, a Fellow with the Open Society Institute, filed an RTI request with the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), seeking documents, file notings and correspondence between the MoRD …
Original one, promulgated on Dec 31, 2014, will lapse on April 5 The Cabinet on Tuesday cleared the re-promulgation of an ordinance to amend the Right To Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 - commonly known as the Land Acquisition Bill - incorporating all …
STRICT WATCH Move to ensure provisions of R&R; are implemented before land is acquired With the opposition taking to the roads to oppose the amendments in the land bill, the Narendra Modi-led NDA government has decided that it will also reach out to the farmers to counter the charge that …
With the government under severe Opposition attack over the Land Acquisition Bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday tried to reach out to farmers by explaining the finer points of the legislation and also the government’s stand. He urged farmers not to be misled by “rumours and lies” and attacked …
The new system of land acquisition was granted approval at a meeting of the state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav yesterday. Land for development of state-funded projects in Uttar Pradesh will now be acquired through mutual agreement with land owners and land holders. The new system of land …
In a major shift in stance, the government will not bring the controversial Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill in the first half of the Budget Session of Parliament ending on March 20. It may either allow the ordinance to lapse or repromulgate it after Parliament is prorogued. This was indicated by …
Activists of the Bhartiya Kisan Sangh, including women of the Rai-Kundli area, today took out a ‘Moosal Yatra’ (march with big sticks) from Khurrampur on the Yamuna bank to Kundli to protest against sand mining in the region and an amendment in the new land acquisition act through an ordinance. …
Vehemently opposing the construction of Stage I and II Mega dams by NHPC and NEEPCO over Siang river, the Siang Indigenous Farmers’ Forum (SIFF) has threatened to launch a massive agitation if these projects were not scrapped immediately. These dams are estimated to be 6000 MW and 3750 MW respectively …
A group of farmers from Gurgaon, Mewat Pataudi and Manesar joined Anna Hazare at Jantar Mantar today. They demanded the withdrawal of amendments to the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. “We have been protesting for last two years. We had hoped for a change with the new realm, …
Sena flays legislation | Cong seeks withdrawal | PM says open to suggestions On a day when social activist Anna Hazare upped the ante on the land ordinance and the Opposition toughened its stand on the issue, the government said it was open to suggestions even as it introduced the …
Under pressure to accommodate concerns of farmers, the government is likely to allow amendments to some controversial clauses in the land acquisition ordinance. Speaking to The Indian Express on the eve of the budget session of Parliament which gets underway Monday, two government functionaries, including a senior minister involved in …
Opposition to amendments in the Land Acquisition Act that were brought through an ordinance by the Modi government recently is growing. Political parties, farmers’ organisations affiliated to political parties as well as civil society movements across the country have expressed their reservation to it. On Wednesday, the Ajit Singh-led Rashtriya …
United under the banner of ‘Koraputia Jana Suakshya Sangh (KJSS)’, tribals held a demonstration at Semiliguda in Koraput district on Wednesday to protest against alleged infringement of their land rights. Environmental and social activists alleged that through the ordinance, the Central Government had attempted to dilute the Right to Fair …
More than 100 Gurgaonites are joining a protest organized by the National Alliance for People's Movement in the capital on February 1, against ordinances brought by the government, especially on the land acquisition law. Entrepreneurs and social activists are particularly concerned about the land acquisition Act, which they feel might …
The Assam Government is drafting a new Land Acquisition Bill and it will not implement the Central Act of 2013 that was recently amended by the Union Government through an ordinance, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said today. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a party event, Gogoi said, “We …
The Ordinance to amend the Land Acquisition Act will be a huge blow to the livelihood of share croppers and agricultural labourers in Odisha, alleged the CPI-ML (New Democracy) and peasants’ organisation All-India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha (AIKMS). Both these organisations held a joint protest in front of the office of …
