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Sri Lanka: Government Must Reconsider Taking Over Large Extents of People's Land The government has made moves to acquire over 6381 acres of privately owned land in the Jaffna peninsula, which it says is for a public purpose. The public purpose is ...

While political consensus on the land acquisition bill, hailed as one of the most important reform measures, has been worked out, civil society activists are unhappy with its provisions and say it will lead to "corporatization" of land. They also say it lacks ...

A land acquisition and rehabilitation policy and farm loans at one per cent interest rate are among key suggestions made by the industry body, Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), to political parties going to the polls ...

The BJP Parliamentary Party today said, it will support the government in passing the Food Security Bill 2011 and the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 2011.But the condition is that both the Law Minister and the Railway Minister should ...

As part of the Management of Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (MLARR) Program in South Asia, the World Bank launched on April 9, 2013 two national and one regional centers of excellence in MLARR. These centers have been funded ...

Officials not clear about the fate of the project The failure on part of the developers of the Maheshwar dam in Madhya Pradesh to pay the state government funds to rehabilitate people who would be displaced by the project has brought cheer to those opposing ...

Holding the opposition's "disruptionary tactics" responsible for not allowing passage of the food security and land acquisition bills in parliament's budget session, the Congress Saturday expressed its willingness for a special session if the other ...

Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has asked the officials to expedite the land acquisition process in Chittoor and Medak districts where the National Investment Manfacturing Zones are proposed to be established. The Chief Minister held a detailed ...

Hindu Business Line reported that Land acquisition began for the proposed INR 52,000 crore Posco steel plant in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district but project supporters opposed any move to construct boundary wall before announcement of a ...