To speed up the process of consultations on the controversial Land Acquisition Bill and enact it in the current session of Parliament, the Centre today asked political parties to send in their sugg

The Cabinet today approved a new housing policy with a focus on affordable housing to weaker sections.

The state government will urge the Central Empowered Committee to exclude trees on private land from the working plan of the Forest Department in Kangra, Una and Hamirpur so that the locals can get

This report presents results of analyses of the IFPRI household survey data on various topics that, combined, represent the current food security situation in Bangladesh. Specifically, the study examines how that situation varies between the FTF zone of influence in the southern region and other regions throughout the country.

The land pooling policy, which envisages voluntary assembly of land by owners, and a policy pertaining to development control norms for new farmhouses in the city is expected to be tabled before th

This bill approved by Meghalaya cabinet recently has come under scanner for its definition of 'forest'. It defines "forest" as a continuous tract of minimum four hectares of land having more than 250 naturally growing trees and has come under scanner.

This paper by Shankar Gopalakrishnan analyses case studies from different states and shows how governments & industries are subverting rights of the people to acquire common land and calls for accountable system to regulate land use.

This paper analyses data from a household-level survey of 980 agricultural and fishing households in seven sites across southern Bangladesh. It examine the relationship between assets, livelihood strategies, food security and farming practice changes. These households are coping with huge demographic, economic, and environmental changes.

New Delhi: The government will have to secure the nod of two-thirds of landowners to acquire a patch of land for private/PPP projects while acquisition in tribal areas would be possible only with t

The new “investor-friendly” version of the controversial land Bill was today cleared by a group of ministers led by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar.

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