Thin end of the wedge?
Maharashtra legalises contract farming, says farmers interests won t be harmed
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Drop any scheme that warrants land acquisition, says CPI
State secretary of Communist Party of India (CPI) D. Pandian has urged the State government to drop any scheme that involved acquisition of land and demolition of houses. Speaking at a meeting at Sholinganallur on Wednesday, he said that the Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) had proposed the demolition of many houses constructed on
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Settlement of encroachers in Jonai tribal areas flayed
The illegal acquisition of land in the Tribal Belt and Block areas by encroachers under Jonai sub-division in Dhemaji district of Assam has become a major threat for the bonafide local people. The
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Gujarat scales down housing scheme
Confronted with the problem of acquisition of land, the Gujarat Government has, for the time being, dropped the long-term plan for permanent rehabilitation of earthquake victims in three towns in the
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UP Assembly in uproar over farmer killing
One farmer was killed and several others injured in Babatpur in Varnasi district on Monday when the police opened fire to disperse a violent mob that had been protesting against acquisition of land
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Contested terrain
The business of settling new-formed land, rehabilitation of environmental refugees and building and maintaining embankments is subject to much political manoeuvring. Anthropologist Amites Mukhopadhyay of Kalyani University, West Bengal, who's researched these machinations extensively, calls it " <i>char</i> politics'.
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Tribals protest
Tribals in Chhotanagpur, living in questionable safety around the 188 sq km Netarhat Firing Range, are preparing to launch a protest movement against the proposed acquisition of their land by the
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Increasing use of biotechnology
across the world, biotechnology's reach has increased by 12 per cent in 2002, with the land under transgenic crops amounting to 58.7 million hectares. So states a report of the International Service
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Model development
Every village has its own way of protecting the forests, but each one is a success story
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As for the future
Is there hope?
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Never equal
What does development engineered displacement mean for the other half?
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Stir over project site
Steel plant plan opposed by villagers facing ouster
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Farmers oppose Taj Expressway
Farmers of Gautam Buddh Nagar are protesting against the proposed acquisition of agricultural land for the multicore Taj Expressway project. In a meeting held in Dankaur last Sunday, the leaders have
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The grass returns
How a village in Rajasthan greened its pasture despite official hamhandedness
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Economic Survey on SEZs
Acquisition of land for developing special economic zones (SEZs) is a major cause for concern, says the Economic Survey for 2007-08, which was released yesterday by Finance Minister P Chidambaram. The Finance Ministry presents the Economic Survey in Parliament every year, just before the Union Budget. It is the ministry's view on the economic development of the country in the year gone by, and the prospects for the year ahead. The survey has also expressed "apprehension' about the possible "misuse of the (SEZ) scheme and relocation of existing industries into SEZs'. It says the Board of Approval (BoA) headed by Commerce Secretary G K Pillai, which approves SEZ proposals, would not give a go-ahead to SEZs that "have carried out or propose to carry out compulsory acquisition of land
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UP farmers continue protest over land acquisition by Reliance
Following farmers' protests against their displacement for land acquired for special economic zones (sezs), the central government on January 22, 2007, held up approvals for fresh sezs. So far, the
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Orissa aluminium project breaking law to build, expand
the process followed to clear a proposed expansion of Utkal Alumina International Limited's (uail's) bauxite mining and alumina refinery project in Rayagada, Orissa, has raised disturbing questions
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Coal India, IL&FS arm in project development SPV
Coal India Ltd (CIL) and IL&FS Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (IL&FS IDC), a unit of IL&FS, have signed a deal to float a 50-50 joint venture to undertake develop mining, power and other coal-based projects. A special purpose vehicle, Integrated Power & Coal Development Co Pvt Ltd (Intec), will set up a project development fund of Rs 10 crore per project with equal shares from the two partners to fund each project that it takes up. CIL's technical director NC Jha and IL&FS IDC's managing director DK Mittal signed the pact at CIL's headquarters here in the presence of CIL chairman Partha S Bhattacharyya and others. The SPV will undertake the entire chain of project development activities, from project identification, site selection, facilitation in land acquisition and technical and environmental studies to preparation of DPR, EIA, obtaining various clearances and approvals, obtaining linkages, tying of sales (power sales as relevant to power projects), finalisation of evacuation arrangements, financial modeling, legal documentation, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, O&M, project structuring and marketing with lenders and investors. The SPV will work on projects that involve improving mine performance, accessing difficult mines, developing or implementing pithead coal-based power projects, development of washeries, power plants based on asheries and so on. The venture will also help private sector Companies that have been allotted mines to develop them. CIL expects to gain from the SPV's activities by way of low-cost power from pithead-based power plants and by selling power instead of coal.
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The never green Gowda
The Prime Minister of India, in a rush to roll on the wheel of development, projects himself as an arrogant autocrat. His disregard for all things environmental has invited scathing criticism
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Ministries clash over project clearances
Despite an acute power shortage in the country, the ministries of power and environment find each other the main obstacles in achieveing their respective goals