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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Land owners stage protest for compensation
SHILLONG: As many as 60 land owners including farmers staged a protest on Wednesday near Mawryngkneng demanding compensation for the land used for constructing the Shillong By pass. The villagers from Diengpasoh, Thangshalai and Mawryngkneng together with KSU also stopped the construction work in the area between Mawryngkneng and Diengpasoh.
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Khazan bill will benefit land sharks: Activist group
PANJIM: Pilerne Citizens Forum, while refusing to accept the draft Goa Khazan Land Development Board Act, 2012, alleged that the proposed bill, with unwarranted powers of ownership, sale and development of khazan land vested in the board, is a move towards commercializing fertile agricultural lands. PCF has threatened to come on the street if the government fails to adopt proper procedure before introducing the Bill and that State government’s move to introduce the bill haphazardly, is basically to secure “vested interests.”
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Land use report ignores slums
The civic existing land use survey has deliberately blanked out several existing slums, alleged various NGOs working with deprived sections of society. Activists fear that the deletion of slums in the
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Council passes Land Revenue Bill
The controversial Karnataka Land Revenue (Amendment) Bill, which was reintroduced in the Legislative Council on Monday, was passed by a voice vote. The Bill aims at regularising unauthorised houses constructed on government land in rural areas. Revenue Minister K S Eshwarappa, after tabling the Bill for consideration of the House, strongly defended its objectives, while saying he failed to understand why the Governor did not give his assent to the Bill. The Bill is yet to come up for consideration in the Assembly.
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Two-thirds of Africa's lions have disappeared in 50 years
About 75 percent of Africa's savannahs or grasslands and more than two-thirds of its lions have disappeared over 50 years, according to an American study. The study, led by Duke University researchers,
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Land Bill amendment passed
The Assembly on Tuesday passed the Odisha Consolidation of Holdings and Prevention of Fragmentation of Land (Amendment) Bill, 2012, with members of both Treasury and Opposition benches making a strong
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Carbion dioxide emissions to touch 35.6 billion tonnes in 2012
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are projected to rise by 2.6 per cent by the end of 2012, reaching a record high of 35.6 billion tonnes, or 58 per cent above 1990 levels, the baseline year for the Kyoto
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Audit report on "de-notification of land by Government and allotment of sites by Bangalore Development Authority" in Karnataka for the Year 2011-12
This report contains the results of examination by Audit of ‘Denotification of lands by Government and Allotment of sites by Bangalore Development Authority’. The Performance Audit was conducted during
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Global forest land-use change 1990–2005
This report presents the key findings on forest land use and land-use change between 1990 and 2005 from FAO’s 2010 Global Forest Resources Assessment Remote Sensing Survey. It is the first report of its
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Deeper roots of historical injustice: trends and challenges in the forests of India
<p>This report is a compilation of research and analyses from some of the leading scholars and experts on the Indian forest sector. Their analyses take a critical look at the trends that have shaped the developments in India's forest sector over the past two decades.</p>