The Bikaner Development Authority Bill, 2025
<p>The Bikaner Development Authority Bill, 2025, passed by the Rajasthan Assembly, aims to establish a Bikaner Development Authority to regulate development activities in the Bikaner district. The bill
Land Use
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DDA proposal to change Yamuna floodplain to bus shelter draws ire of environmentalists
The Delhi Development Authority’s public notice announcing its intention to excise 61.59 acres from the Zone O (River Zone) and include it in Zone D has drawn sharp criticism from environmentalists and
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CAG glare on land allotment to Tata Power
CAG has termed the land allotment to Tata Power within the CDA area 'irregular and unauthorized' Odisha has drawn flak from the Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) yet again over irregular allotment of land. This time, unauthorised grant of administrative nod for acquisition of private as well as government land in favour of Tata Power has invited CAG’s wrath.
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Delhi Govt wants free land for public projects
The Delhi Government in a Cabinet meeting today decided to approach the Union Government for getting land free of charge for public projects. “The Cabinet took note of the difficulties being faced by the
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City anchor: Zone O rewrite for regularisation of colonies on floodplains
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is looking to redefine "Zone O", under which falls the Yamuna riverbed, so that colonies like Sonia Vihar and Jaitpur, which have come up on the floodplains, can be excluded from the zone and regularised. This exercise has been undertaken after directions from L-G's office. According to sources, while an aerial survey of the built-up area has been done, a ground verification will have to be taken up before arriving at a final decision.
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Natural capital at risk: the top 100 externalities of business
<p><span id="itro1">A new report by the TEEB for Business Coalition estimates the global top 100 environmental externalities are costing the economy world-wide around US$4.7 trillion a year in terms of
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The global policy climate
The implementation of policy relevant to climate change, and its impact, accelerated markedly over the last decade, despite the slow pace of international climate negotiations, says Climate Policy Initiative
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Campaigners rubbish satellite-based study of FRA implementation
It manipulates data and facts to make a case against Act Forest rights campaigners have slammed the satellite image-based study on the implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) in Maharashtra as “deeply faulty and obviously biased,” arguing that it manipulates data and facts to make a case against the Act. Countering the report which a private company prepared at the behest of the State Forest Department, a critique by Madhu Sarin and others of the Campaign for Survival and Dignity says the study does not highlight its own data that only two per cent of claims it investigated could actually be “false” even by its incorrect interpretation.
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No norms, Orissa govt gave away 464 acres in capital: CAG
A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report tabled in the Assembly on Friday has found that the state government has, between 2000 and 2012, allotted 464.479 acres of government land in Bhubaneswar
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China to spend $16 billion to tackle Beijing pollution crisis
China will spend 100 billion yuan ($16 billion) over three years to deal with Beijing's pollution, an official newspaper reported on Friday, as the government tries to defuse mounting public anger over
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The land acquisition stalemate: contentions & solutions
While the process of industrialisation is facing many problems that need to be addressed, the problem of land for industry is among the most serious. Many major projects today are stuck due to problems