PM Modi attacks Opposition ‘lies’ on Land Bill
With the government under severe Opposition attack over the Land Acquisition Bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday tried to reach out to farmers by explaining the finer points of the legislation
With the government under severe Opposition attack over the Land Acquisition Bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday tried to reach out to farmers by explaining the finer points of the legislation
Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Monday said that Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by him to consider the Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill would clear the legislation in a week’s time. The GoM’s clearance may enable the land bill to be tabled in the Parliament in the Winter session. Earlier, the Union Cabinet had referred the land bill to the GoM to reconcile difference in opinion of various ministries. A number of Union ministers, including Anand Sharma, C.P. Joshi, had opposed the provisions of the land bill.
As the Land Acquisition Bill renamed as 'The Right To Fair Compensation And Transparency In Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation And Resettlement Bill 2012’ is all set to be tabled in Parliament today, Rural
In a major shift in stance, the government will not bring the controversial Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill in the first half of the Budget Session of Parliament ending on March 20. It may either
New Delhi: Thanks to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s intervention, the land Bill will see two important changes before it is cleared by the Cabinet and introduced in Parliament. First, there will be a distinction
Tacitly admitting that there’s no likelihood of the Rajya Sabha approving the Bill to amend the Land Acquisition Act, 2013, in the immediate future, the NDA government is prodding states, especially those
After the passage of the landmark food security bill, the Lok Sabha is Thursday set to debate and pass another key legislation of the UPA government -- the land acquisition and rehabilitation bill, government
The Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared amendments to the Land Acquisition Bill to accommodate Opposition views. The Rural Development Ministry moved three changes to accommodate what it believed were
Draft land bill proposes higher compensation for land acquisitions, but complaints persist.
Deviating from her previous stand, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday urged the Centre not to press amendments in the Land Acquisition Bill, which will exempt certain projects from the
The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha on Sunday said it would oppose the land acquisition Bill proposed by the Centre during the monsoon session of Parliament beginning from Tuesday. The party
Farmer groups want ‘right to appeal’ against acquired land. Several farmers’ organisations have petitioned the government to incorporate in the land bill the provisions of Land Acquisition Act of 1894,
The NDA government's rewrite of the land bill, though slammed for being “anti-farmer“, attempts to correct more than 50 drafting and typographical errors, omissions and contradictions that actually defeat
The focus of the new version of the Land Acquisition Bill, to be tabled in Parliament in the monsoon session next month, would be on compensation and transparency in acquisition. Hence, the rural development
Stating that the Central government ignored the massive opposition from all quarters to the Land Acquisition Bill, a signature campaign to register the opposition from the public began here on Wednesday.
Ruling party MPs suggest changes to six of the nine amendments proposed by govt to the 2013 Act The government is set to relent on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition,
CITU office-bearers say they will back farmers Ending the month-long signature campaign, the district unit of the Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam on Tuesday presented the signatures obtained from farmers
Say private individuals cannot be allowed to push their 'agenda' before the parliamentary panel. Members from Opposition parties on Tuesday expressed reservations over the representative of a private firm
Vijayawada: Rytu Sangham meeting called up on the farmers to oppose the land acquisition Act without political barricades. The Andhra Pradesh Rytu Sangham conducted the meeting here on Monday and opposed
Farmers under the banner of Kissan Movement marched to DC office and held a massive protest demonstration by blocking college road for half an hour in front of DC office here and submitted memorandum declaring