The Land Acquisition Bill, passed by Parliament during the Monsoon Session to replace a 119-year-old legislation, became a law with President Pranab Mukherjee giving assent to it on. "The Right to......
Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh believes that renaming the Land Acquisition Bill was felt necessary to eliminate the danger of the price spiralling once the first land is acquired in an......
'A picture has been created that the government is anti-farmer, which is absolutely wrong,' argues BJP MP Bhupender Yadav. The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition,......
The government will on Tuesday introduce the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015 in the Parliament to replace the......
The Lakshadweep administration is considering the acquisition of Bitra, one of the inhabited islands in the archipelago, for defence purposes. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on one of the......
The path-breaking Land Acquisition Bill was on Thursday one step short of becoming a law with Parliament giving its approval to it. Lok Sabha passed the amended version of the legislation, which......
The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2012. The Bill will replace the existing Land Acquisition Act, 1894. State still holds......
The state-run City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO), nodal agency for the Navi Mumbai international airport, will have to start afresh the land acquisition process for 271 hectares......
The changes in the ordinance have been made after taking inputs from states suggesting changes to the Act which would make it more industry-friendly Image: Farmers plough a field before sowing......
The National Democratic Alliance government is planning to exempt public-private partnership projects from the need to obtain consent of affected families and the mandatory social-impact......