Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
With an aim to protect fertile land of the State, Uttarakhand Government on Tuesday approved the Uttarakhand Agriculture Policy according to special agriculture zones (SAZ) would be notified. Also, voluntary land consolidation (VLC) would be welcomed by the State. The Cabinet sanctioned a grant of Rs 35 lakh with immediate …
JAIPUR: The problems for the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) Ring Road project sees no end as the farmers, who surrendered their land and had taken reservation letters from the authorities, will now file a public interest litigation (PIL) on Tuesday. Ring Road Sangarsh Samiti, president, Badri Prasad Sharma, said, "We …
Stressing that acquisition of agricultural lands for special economic zones (SEZs) had resulted in farmers losing their livelihood instead of paving the way for economic development, PMK leader S. Ramadoss on Sunday demanded a ban on creating SEZs at the expense of agriculture. Welcoming Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh's …
This collection of papers aims to contribute to an improved understanding of the role and practice of SEZs in developing countries, in order to better equip policy makers in planning and implementing SEZ programs. Organized around three broad themes—attracting investment and creating jobs, facilitating dynamic benefits, and ensuring sustainability—this report …
New Delhi After series of discussion with the National Advisory Council (NAC) and the Planning Commission, the government on Friday unveiled the National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, for wider public consultations. While ruling out acquisition of multi-cropped and irrigated land, the Bill, however, has allowed the …
New Delhi The ministries of commerce and environment may soon find common ground on the proposed National Manufacturing and Investment Zones (NMIZ) with the latter proposing green industrial estates. Based on United Nation Environment Programme's (UNEP) concept of green estates, these would have only one effluent outlet for irrigation purposes. …
Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma today met Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan to discuss and settle inter-ministerial differences over easing of environmental laws in the proposed manufacturing policy. A Cabinet note on the manufacturing policy is likely to be sent soon.
BHUBANESWAR: Tata Steel on Saturday exuded confidence that Phase-I of 3 to 3.5 mtpa capacity steel project at Kalinga Nagar in Jajpur district will be commissioned by early 2014.
The govt decision to denotify land is like a miracle, says farmer Mangalore With the State government withdrawing the process of acquiring land for the second phase of Mangalore Special Economic Zone through gazette notification after denotifying the already notified 1998.3 acre land in 42 Thenka Ekkar, 45-Delanthabettu, 44-Kuthethur and …
Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has directed the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) to stop acquisition of land for Phase 2 of the Mangalore Special Economic Zone (MSEZ). Sources in the office of the Chief Minister told The Hindu that directions had been issued to the KIADB to immediately withdraw …
Nirani, unmoved over Gadag, withdraws notification of 2,035 acres for MSEZ In stark contrast to its flat refusal to review its decision to acquire land for Posco in Gadag district, the State government on Tuesday withdrew the process of acquiring land for the second phase of Mangalore Special?Economic Zone (MSEZ) …
Agriculture continues to be the predominant component of the national economy and a principal means of livelihood for two thirds of country's population living in the rural areas. Hence, it occupies central stage in the Indian economy and the Government of India places high priority on reducing poverty by raising …
Chandigarh Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal strongly urged members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on commerce to take up various pending issues of the state, including industrial package on the lines of hill states, setting up of steel silos, package for agro industries development, relaxation of the norms to …
Land acquisition issues have forced a national debate One of the most prickly nettles for governments in India today is land acqusition for industry. The Centre is drafting a new Bill on the issue, but land is a state subject, and different states have different land acquisition policies. The Bill …
KOCHI: Hinting that the preparation of the master plan for Smart City Kochi may be delayed further, the project authorities have made it clear that some modifications are required in the plan. After a high-level meeting here, Smart City managing director Baju George said that the master plan would be …
The post-199os economic boom in China is largely associated with an increasing rural-urban divide and a decline in formal wage employment in the urban sector. The case of workers in the Shenzhen special economic zone in south China is representative of this trend. When agriculture was deprioritised there was an …
Mandated to create industrial opportunities in the state, the MIDC or Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation has been doing quite the opposite of late—winding up its own plans to set up Special Economic Zones (SEZs) that promised thousands of jobs and crores of export earnings. In May, it applied to withdraw …
Environment and Labour Ministries express concern The ambitious National Manufacturing Policy on Thursday got in-principle approval of the high level committee headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh amid serious concerns by various members, including objections by the Environment and Forests and Labour Ministries over the creation of national investment manufacturing …
In the times of Bhatta-Parsaul, Singur and Nandigram crises, the way Tamil Nadu has gone about land acquisition for industry could be a lesson for all states. Whose land is it anyway? That
