A northern Indian state is setting up a “land bank” to allow farmers to voluntarily sell property in an effort to tackle forced acquisitions for industrial projects that often lead to violent confrontations. The Haryana government on Thursday said it would create a land bank to buy land from willing farmers. Owners may apply to… Read More »
Conflicts related to land and resources are the main reason behind stalled industrial and development projects in India, affecting millions of people and putting billions of dollars of investment and the economy’s health at risk, two reports said. An analysis of 289 ongoing cases, which make up about 40 percent of major land conflicts, found… Read More »
The Centre’s inability to build a political consensus for its land acquisition law in 2015 notwithstanding, four major states — Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha — have taken decisive steps to free up regulations relating to commercial use of land. States that have moved GUJARAT: Passed own land acquisition law, got Presidential assent… Read More »
Over three weeks after the Supreme Court struck down the land acquisition for the project and ordered that the land be returned to its original owners, state Education and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chattopadhyay attacked the LF regime for “snatching multi-crop land for the project”. Soruce: Economictimes
DAYS AFTER the Supreme Court quashed Singur land acquisition, hundreds of farmers on Monday held a protest outside HIDCO Bhavan in Kolkata, demanding that their land, which was acquired to build New Town, be returned or adequate compensation be paid to them. Source: indianexpress