Govt could compromise on Land Bill 2015

Given the Opposition majority in the Rajya Sabha, the LARR Bill passed by the Upper House may be a deeply diluted version of the government’s own 2015 Bill. Aditi Phadnis reports. Reconciled......

Jairam Ramesh: 2014 land Act will take us back to 1894!

'In the UPA you had one pradhan mantri and many mantris. In the NDA you have one pradhan mantri and many santris!' 'Give time to the 2013 Act to work. I not only think that the 2013 law is......

Explained: Changes that NDA wants to bring to land law

Joyita Ghose on the land acquisition laws in the country and the changes that the NDA government’s controversial bill in Parliament makes to the land acquisition act, 2013 brought in by the......

Land bill finalised, to go to Cabinet for approval

The much awaited Land Acquisition Bill has been finalised and sent to the Union Cabinet which is likely take up the matter for consideration at its next meeting, a senior official said on Monday.......

How governments can overcome land acquisition woes

The problem can be met, according to Shubhashis Gangopadhyay, research director of India Development Foundation, by the government tapping into its own land holdings. Within three years of the......

Land bill finalised, to go to Cabinet for approval

The much-awaited Land Acquisition Bill has been finalised and sent to the Union Cabinet, which is likely take up the matter for consideration at its next meeting, a senior official said on......

India Inc gives thumbs down to land acquisition Bill

Like the rest of corporate India, Larsen & Toubro executive chairman A M Naik will not be amused by the modified land acquisition bill - Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR)......