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
THE Jharkhand cabinet on late Wednesday cleared the much-awaited rehabilitation & resettlement (R&R) policy. This paves the way for kicking off a spate of mega steel and power ventures that have been hanging fire for years. A significant feature of the R&R policy is that the investors will have to distribute 1% of the annual net profit of the project among affected families every year. Also, the requiring body (read: investor) will have to spend 1% of their annual net profit for community development.
THE government and the steel industry locked horns on Wednesday, blaming each other for the soaring steel prices. While Tata Steel managing director B Muthuraman blamed the government for not playing a constructive and positive role to contain prices, steel secretary RS Pandey said the government has taken all possible steps to control inflation and the responsibility fell on steel companies that were still reaping high margins despite a rise in input cost.
Beijing : The recent devastating earthquake in southwest China has pushed back 1.4 million farmers into absolute poverty, an official said. The May 12 quake of magnitude 8, the deadliest disaster which struck the country in last three decades, has ravaged vast areas and flattened homes in Sichuan province and some other regions, leaving a gigantic task of rehabilitation. "The damage is so massive and many farmers have reversed into poverty again,' Fan Xiaojian, Director of the State Council and the cabinets leading group office of poverty-alleviation and development, said.
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) has released another batch of five bear (Ursus thibetanus) into the Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh. The bear, hand-reared at the CBRC, were being acclimatised in the wild at Upper Dikarai since September.
Maharashtra farmers block Mumbai-Goa highway thousands of farmers from 22 villages in Pen taluka of Maharashtra
The demonstration was organised by the Narmada Bachao Andolan SEEKING REHABILITATION: Oustees of the Indira Sagar, Omkareshwar, Maheshwar, Upper Beda, Maan and Bargi dams in the Narmada Valley taking out a march in Bhopal on Thursday. BHOPAL: Thousands of Narmada oustees braved heavy rains on Thursday to join a protest march here to demand a better deal in terms of resettlement and rehabilitation (R&R). Oustees from Bargi, Indira Sagar, Maheshwar, Maan and Upper Beda joined the demonstration, organised by the Narmada Bachao Andolan, in large numbers. Memorandum submitted
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit along with Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Meira Kumar launched a self-employment scheme for rehabilitation of manual scavengers and their dependents at Dilshad Garden in East Delhi on Thursday. Asserting that her government was commitment to rehabilitation of all manual scavengers and their dependents by March 2009, Ms. Dikshit said the new scheme would put an end to the menace of scavenging.
Residents of Bihpuria in Lakhimpur district have decided to take the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) authorities to the court. A public meeting, organised by the voluntary organisation Dikrong Upatyaka Suraksha Samiti (DUSS), took the decision yesterday resenting the alleged attempts made by the Central Sector power company to hoodwink the people on release of excess water from the dams of its power projects. The meeting was held at the Bihpuria Girls' High School under the presidentship of Golok Hazarika.
The construction for the proposed 6MTPA steel plant of Tata Steel in Kalinga Nagar would start in a month, its managing director B. Muthuraman said. The Rs 21,000-crore project has been in limbo for more than two years after 14 tribal villagers died in a clash with police while resisting the construction of a boundary wall by the Tatas on January 2, 2006.
Whereas for the construction of Sawra Kuddu Hydro Electric Project besides the Government land, some private land is also to be acquired by the H.P. Power Corporation Limited. Due to acquisition of private land for the project, some families will be affected but only one family shall become land less.
