In order to use tenanted land for setting up of projects for community or public purpose, the Goa government has introduced the Goa Land Use (Regulation) Bill, 2024 seeking amendment to Section 3 of Goa Land Use (Regulation) Act, 1991 so as to specify in the Right to Fair Compensation …
New Delhi : Following parliament approval in September last year, the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, came into force on Wednesday, replacing more than a century-old Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Henceforth, states would able to frame laws in conformity with new …
New Delhi: The new Land Acquisition Act, enacted by Parliament in September to provide just and fair compensation to those whose land is taken away for constructing roads, buildings or factories, will come into force from Wednesday, replacing 120-year-old legislation. The Act, meant to bring transparency to the land acquisition …
Sixteen buildings in Simi village have collapsed as a result of land sinking due to continuous erosion by the Mandakini. Ironically, in the village, a partially destroyed house, a tin shed, and a tent can be spotted at the same premise. To add to the irony, all these are placed …
These rules may be called the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Social Impact Assessment and Consent) Rules, 2014. They extend to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. They shall come into force on the date of their final …
A nuclear power plant proposed to be set up in Haryana is one step short of getting the green clearance with a high-level panel of the environment ministry giving conditional nod. The decision to recommend green clearance to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) proposal for setting up …
Mumbai : The Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP) has picked pace with 61 per cent of the project affected persons (PAPs) accepting the additional land compensation package of Rs 22.5 lakh per hectare since March this year. According to Sandeep Singhroy, director, JNPP, of the total 2,336 khatedars or land …
Survey for construction of Mannuthy-Amala Bypass begins The protest against land acquisition for Mannuthy-Amala Bypass has gained momentum with the beginning of the survey for construction work here. The survey of the road, to be constructed with the help of the World Bank, has been started recently. The survey is …
The tiger census has kicked off in the state and there’s hope it’ll show that conservation efforts have paid off. But Karnataka has been losing more tigers to poachers than anywhere else in the country. According to information of the ministry of environment andforests(MoEF),Karnataka, which has a tiger population between …
Gazette Notification for Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 - Act shall come into force from 1st January, 2014. See also Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/right-fair-compensation-and-transparency-land-acquisition-rehabilitation-and-0
A group of slum-dwellers of Berhampur are reluctant to get rehabilitated in apartments proposed to be built under the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY). This may become a hindrance in the path of implementation of the RAY in the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BMC) area. A group of inhabitants of Uttarmukhi Street …
The UPA government’s ambitious Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act was notified on Tuesday, and will come into effect from January 1 next year. The rules to the Act, however, are yet to finalised. The Act, which replaces the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, …
The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation has sought the assistance of the project monitoring group under the cabinet secretariat to fast-track the Rs 7,500-crore Tawang-II project in Arunachal Pradesh. In February, India hastened plans to construct 2,500 MW of hydro projects, including one in Tawang and another in Teestha in Sikkim …
The House Committee of Legislative Assembly constituted to ascertain the factual position regarding the illegal encroachment of wet lands and conversion for residential purposes in Srinagar, Baramulla and Bandipora today recommended the Government to frame a demarcation policy for wetlands and rakh lands of the Valley to protect these against …
Gujarat high court has issued notices to state's urban development and housing department and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) over a PIL objecting to slum demolition at Ranip area. A civil rights organization - Jan Sangharsh manch's convener, Rajesh Mankad has sought immediate stay on eviction of slum dwellers and …
Standing Committee on Energy present this 43rd Report on the subject 'Development of Hydro Sector" of the Ministry of Power. The Committee took briefing and evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Power on 11th July, 2013.
In a major success, the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) management relocated 32 families from two settlements located in the core critical area of the tiger habitat. Inhabitants of two tribal settlements from the core of STR which include 22 families of Upper Barahkamuda and 10 families of Balnaghar were shifted …
New Delhi: The Environment ministry has said that over 1.5 lakh people will be affected due to construction of the Polavaram multi-purpose project in Andhra Pradesh. "A total of 1,77,275 persons will be affected in Andhra Pradesh as a result of construction of the project," Environment and Forest minister Jayanthi …
Blueprint Necessary To Get Funds From JNNURM Phase II Pune: A plan that is expected to steer the city’s development for the next three decades has been approved by the elected members. The general body of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Wednesday approved the draft for the revised city …
This study aims to provide a detailed examination of the processes by which land is procured by private companies undertaking public purpose projects, as well as the role of the state in these transfers. It looks at both legal and illegal mechanisms of land transfers, while acknowledging that even transactions …
Registrar Lahore High Court (LHC), Sardar Ahmed Naeem on Tuesday presented a cheque amounting to Rs. 6.4 lac to Major Ijaz Ahmad Cheema, a representative of the Pakistan Army contingent tasked with the earthquake rehabilitation work in the province of Balochistan. LHC intended to help the quake survivors through Balochistan …
