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 …
Judgement of the Gauhati High Court regarding de-reserving 40 bighas 1 katha land, land covered by Dag No. 283 of village No. 2 of Gogal Dubi under Kadam Mouza and thereby rehabilitating 22 nos. of flood erosion affected families with 1 bigha per family subject to utilisation for specific purpose …
Mumbai: A mega slum rehabilitation scheme in one of Mumbai’s poshest neighbour hoods at Cuffe Parade has come under the scanner of the Bombay high court. “Is the Maharashtra government keen on rehabilitating and redeveloping the area?” a division bench of Justice S C Dharmadhikari and Justice S B Shukre …
Water Supply and Drainage Minister Dinesh Gunawardene and Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development Minister Douglas Devananda jointly inaugurated the rehabilitation of the Kilinochchi Water Supply Scheme on Tuesday. Rehabilitation of the district office of the Water Supply and Drainage Board was also initiated by the two ministers. In accordance …
Manual Scavenger means a person engaged or employed on regular or frequent basis by an individual or a local authority or a public or private agency, for manually cleaning, carrying, disposing of, or otherwise handling in any manner, human excreta in an insanitary latrine or in an open drain or …
Large dams on India’s major rivers are perceived as drivers of growth to meet the soaring demand for water and energy. Hydropower now plays a central role in the country’s efforts to boost electricity generation. Northeast India is slated to become the future powerhouse of the country. This guide by …
Mumbai may finally get its new airport now as a panel of the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has given the ‘green signal’ for the multi-billion rupee project. The proposal had also received an intense push from Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan who had met Union environment minister …
1,166 farmers committed suicide in financial year 2012-13 The Maharashtra government has officially admitted to a rising farm suicide rate that saw, on an average, more than three farmers taking their own lives every day in the financial year 2012-13. In a written reply to a question raised in the …
Mumbai : Eight years after a deluge claimed 450 lives in the city in 2005, the ambitious revival of the choked Mithi river to check floods is far from complete. The deadline for the Rs 1,700-crore two-phase project undertaken by BMC and MMRDA was 2008. While widening and deepening of …
The coal ministry has decided to allocate 17 blocks for mining last week. Five years after the Coalgate allocations that have earned an SC rap for the UPA government, the ministry resumed the allotment process in December 2012 by inviting bids from PSUs. The 17 blocks have an estimated reserve …
Decides to open regional office in Dehradun, which will serve until permanent steps are taken The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on Wednesday decided to open a regional office in Dehradun, which will serve the State until permanent steps are taken. At a meeting with Minister for Environment …
The state cabinet has cleared four low-cost housing schemes under the Mukhyamantri Aavas Samruddhi Yojana for the lower income group (LIG), the middle income group (MIG) and the urban poor. However, the government is yet to announce an affordable housing policy. The schemes approved are slum-rehabilitation scheme; housing schemes for …
It’s a two-way loss for several local farmers whose land was acquired for the special economic zone (SEZ) on Ajmer Road. As the state government is mulling a proposal to allot the excess acquired land once again to the farmers after imposing minimum charges, affected farmers claim this will mean …
NGT permitted Medha Patkar, Aradhana Bhargava, Sajje Rao & other project affected villagers to go ahead with petition filed by them challenging environmental clearance granted to Adani Pench Power Project in Chhindwara. Read text of this order. National Green Tribunal (NGT) order on Pench thermal power project dated 11 July …
ADC urges Karnal villagers to relocate to Saudapur village Acting on the directions of the Deputy Commissioner, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), Panipat, RS Verma, yesterday held a meeting with residents of Khukhrana village and urged them to cooperate with the government in their relocation to Saudapur village. They persuaded the …
The BMC’s draft guidelines for installation of cell phone towers has put schools, colleges, hospitals, orphanages, child rehabilitation centres and old age homes out of bounds for such antennae. It has specified that all persons living on or below the terrace of residential buildings must give their consent. A building …
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is moving towards finalising the draft National Tribal Policy, hanging fire since it was conceptualised in 2006, to address development concerns of the Scheduled Tribes in an integrated manner. Tribal Affairs Minister V Kishore Chandra Deo told The Indian Express that he plans to convene …
With land acquisition for large-sized infrastructure projects increasingly becoming difficult, the country's largest power producer, NTPC, has embarked on a novel expansion drive of creating additional space in it existing projects to squeeze in more power-generating units. The company has started identifying spare land at all its plants to ramp …
Earlier CCEA nod on imported coal price to help hasten decision on these and 6 others The recent Cabinet decision on coal cost pass-through should enable quick clearance of at least half the 18 power projects to be considered on Wednesday by a sub-group of the Cabinet Committee on Investment …
The Uttarakhand government announced a series of major decisions on Monday for recovery and rehabilitation in the flood-hit state. The state cabinet decided on a Uttarakhand Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (URRA), chaired by the chief minister (CM). It announced a ban on construction of new buildings on and around all …
The Bombay High Court on Monday gave interim relief to Housing Development and Infrastructure (HDIL) in an ongoing dispute over India’s largest slum rehabilitation scheme. The high court has barred the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) from initiating proceedings to repossess tenements built by the realty company for the slum rehabilitation …
