<p>Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareshwar Devasthanam Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 18/03/2024.</p> <p>The matter related to 3009.84 acres of land situated
<p>This report presents an overview of the impact of rural livelihood programmes supported by DFID in the context of the Millennium Development Goals, and explores some of the lessons learned under headings of income generation and rural growth, better management of natural resources, targeting the poorest and marginalised, and local institutions and self-governance.
Faced by mounting protests and a 110-day-long hunger strike by a jailed indigenous rights activist, Chile's government has agreed to create a high commission for the rights of the indigenous
The Goa Government had asked the Centre to scrap all SEZs in the state, after several public protest. Even though the cloud of uncertainty lingering over Special Economic Zones in Goa will take some more time to clear, the SEZ Board of Approvals that met on Monday decided to issue showcause notices to the developers of 12 zones that had already received in-principle and formal approvals from the Board. The Goa Government had asked the Centre to scrap all SEZs in the state, after several public protests rocked the state recently. While approved SEZ developers will be asked why their projects shouldn't be scrapped in the light of the concerns raised by the state Government, the three SEZs in the state already notified by the Centre will remain in limbo a tad longer. The Commerce Ministry had asked the Law Ministry to advise whether the SEZ Act, 2005, gave any provision to cancel notified zones. "While the Law Ministry has said it is possible to cancel notified zones, compensation will have to be worked out for developers if their notifications are withdrawn,' an official said. The Centre is still hoping to salvage the three notified zones that include a pharma SEZ being set up by Cipla. "The Union Government will separately initiate discussions with the Goa Government on the fate of three already notified SEZs,' said Commerce Secretary and head of the Board of Approvals, G K Pillai after the Board's meeting. Meanwhile, of the 17 SEZ proposals before the Board on Monday, 10 have been granted formal approval, including two SEZs each in Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan. Three of the SEZs cleared are in IT sector
The trial production of the Tata Motors' controversial small car will begin at Singur in June or July to be followed by commercial production around October, Mr Ravi Kant, its managing director, said today after reviewing the progress of the ongoing construction. However, the Trinamul Congress greeted the announcement with a fresh threat that no car would be allowed to roll out of the factory till land is returned to the unwilling farmers who hadn't given their consent to its acquisition by the state government.
Bihar's fall from a state with healthy socio-economic indices to now being one of India's least developed states has been drastic. The major failures lie in governance, and in the downfall of the agricultural sector. A study of the perennial story of flooding and relief measures and the consequent failure of agriculture show how disorganised the state of affairs is. Feb 16-22, 2008
Chief of Army Staff General Moeen U Ahmed called for utilising every inch of land for boosting food output. He made the remark while addressing a rally on the Char Jubli Habib Ullah Mia Hat High School premises in Subornachar upazila yesterday. "Import of food would not solve the food deficit problem nor will it bring down prices of rice. Food deficit has to be solved through boosting production,' he said, calling for utilising 30 crore hands of 15 crore people. General Moeen told the audience that two-thirds of allocated money of development projects used to be wasted earlier.
Big, bigger Almost a third of the entire Nagpur district, that is 3,780 sq km, will be brought under the metropolitan region. Of this 1,520 sq km will be taken up under the first phase
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Since 1980 different pieces of legislations have been enacted for environmental conservation. These include the Forest (Conservation) Act (fca), 1980, the Environmental Protection Act (epa), 1986
the Vedanta controversy has acquired yet another twist, with the Orissa government trying to acquire more land in Kalahandi district's Lanjigarh block, the place where the company's one million
