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
A bill further to amend the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. This Act may be called the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 2007. It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as reference to the coming into force of that provision.
Sh. Kamal Nath, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, clears the air about SEZs in an exclusive interview
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It won't be the same for mega projects. Nandigram on fire: Its spark is a concern for other states too
Faced with criticism over tge low compensation to farmers for land acquired for SEZs and other industrial projects, the government is planning a legislation that will ensure direct dealing between the farmer and land acquirers.
Builders are jumping on to the SEZ bandwagon, distorting priorities Whatever their view on the benefits of Special Economic Zones (sez), most observers agree that the question of land acquisition is problematic. Land required for giant public works such as dams or for large industrial projects was not a contentious matter for several decades.
Like State governments in many other parts of India, the government of Jharkhand State is planning large-scale industrial expansion across the entire region in the name of development and poverty reduction. To the dismay and disillusionment of mass
Brinda Karat The West Bengal Government has received consent letters from landowners for 952 of the 997 acres required. Three fourths of the 12,000 persons involved, including sharecroppers, have collected compensation amounting to Rs.131.49 crore, and others are waiting to do so. Villagers who gave up their land for the proposed car manufacturing plant at Singur with CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat at a rally in Kolkata on Tuesday.
Public discourse on the Singur imbroglio by and large revolves around how many landholders have handed over, or not handed over, their land to the government for the proposed Tata motorcar factory. It is as if the number of landowners is the sole indicator of the extent of
Cheap land driving industry in <i>terai</i>
