The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The rural development ministry on Friday said that the second phase of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) could usher in the second Green Revolution as land improvement will be the new component in the job scheme. The ministry said that the land development works under the …
New, simplified guidelines for the rural job guarantee scheme will be issued soon. The focus, after consultation with States, will be on ensuring jobs in Naxal-infested areas, skill development and flexibility. The Union Rural Development Minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh, told this to the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Mahatma Gandhi National …
Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said a Bill on land acquisition that integrated the 1894 Land Acquisition Act and the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act would be introduced in the current session of Parliament and the draft was being circulated to Chief Ministers, leaders of political parties and others …
New Delhi The much-talked about National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, is likely to be introduced in Parliament during the current monsoon session, rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said here on Thursday. ‘‘The Bill is in public domain to get suggestions and comments. I am in touch …
Remunerations to be disbursed only through institutional channels under the job guarantee scheme The government has amended its landmark Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to ensure that beneficiaries receive wage entitlements under the Act within 15 days through institutionalised channels, like banks and post offices. The amendment …
The government may introduce the Land Acquisition Bill this Monsoon Session, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh told the Lok Sabha during Question Hour on Thursday. “The Bill is in public domain to get suggestions and comments. I am in touch with the chief ministers of states and also leaders of …
New Delhi: Without offering any commitment, rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said that the government was examining the implications of whether the proposed Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation Bill would be applied retrospectively with acut-off date. “One of the issues that we confronted while drafting this bill is whether …
New Delhi: One of the key provisions of the land bill – banning acquisition of irrigated land – could create infrastructure bottlenecks in states with well developed agriculture such as Punjab, Harayana and Uttar Pradesh. The draft bill notes that the government does not envisage acquiring any multi-crop irrigated land …
The latest draft of the land acquisition bill will be modified as there was need for more clarity on some issues, union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday. “This bill is better. But there are specific points we need to clarify,” Ramesh said after his parleys with Debabrata …
There is no major difference in views between the West Bengal government and the Centre on the draft Land Acquisition and Resettlement and Rehabilitation Bill 2011 though there is need for clarity on some points, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said here on Sunday. Mr. Ramesh discussed the draft …
Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said there were no major differences between the Union government and the Trinamool Congress on the Land Acquisition Bill to be tabled in Parliament soon. He also said the Central government would modify the Bill to accommodate the Trinamool’s views. “There …
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 …
KOLKATA, 31 JULY: The new draft Land Acquisition Bill is likely to see some modifications to clarify certain points, Union rural development minister Mr Jairam Ramesh said after a meeting with West Bengal chief minister Miss Mamata Banerjee's advisor on land related matters. Stating that he received a lot of …
AMID countrywide agitations over land acquisition and growing food security concerns, the Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj is considering reserving land for agriculture. The ministry has suggested a bill that would make it mandatory for all states to declare the most fertile land (or category I agricultural land) …
The United Progressive Alliance government on Friday unveiled its second draft Bill addressing the burning issues of land acquisition as well as rehabilitation and resettlement (R&R). The National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, as recommended by the National Advisory Council, will make it mandatory that gram sabhas …
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 …
Developers feel wronged; No mention of government’s role in land acquisition Steering clear of the debate regarding the government’s role in land acquisition, the draft National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation & Resettlement Bill, 2011, offers land owners a bigger share of the rewards of industrialisation and urbanisation. The draft bill, …
The UPA government has decided to consult all the Chief Ministers, political parties and other stakeholders after posting on the web the draft land acquisition and rehabilitation and resettlement Bill by Saturday. Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh told journalists he would be sending a copy of the draft …
The much anticipated Land Acquisition Bill appears all set to miss the monsoon session of Parliament with Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday asserting to hold month-long “pre-legislative consultations” with civil society organisations, farmers organisations, political parties and state governments before finalising the current draft Bill for the Cabinet’s …
New-look programme to be rolled out in 2,000 most backward blocks within a year As part of a coordinated and aligned initiative, the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council, a re-energised Union Rural Development Ministry and the Planning Commission are working in tandem to make up for the time and money …
