Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Panwar Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 20/05/2025. The miscellaneous application was registered on the basis of the report of the joint committee dated July 20, 2024 filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) …
SHILLONG: In what seems like another scam in the making the State Forest Department is about to pay Rs 10 crore compensation to fictitious landowners claiming ownership over the Mawpalai Forest near Sumer. Sources say that after Meghalaya attained statehood, the Soil Conservation Department of Assam passed over the Mawpalai …
A division bench of the Kerala High Court on September 13 admitted a writ petition that sought the constitution of a tribunal to identify endosulfan victims in Kasaragod and paying compensation to them. The writ petition was filed on the same day. The petition filed by T Asaf Ali points …
Define landowner's stake correctly, don't mess with profits Business Standard / New Delhi September 22, 2010, 0:07 IST The government appears to be moving towards finalising legislation to ensure that those displaced by mining projects get 26 per cent of the profit accruing from them. This is in response to …
Makkavaripalem (Visakhapatnam), Sept. 21: Farmers of Makkavaripalem mandal fear that the suspension of bauxite mining rights to MNCs would result in loss of livelihood. Many farmers of Rachapalli, Ramannapalem and surrounding hamlets have had their agricultural fields acquired for an alumina plant, though they complained about the compensation package. However, …
The Punjab Government has clarified that the Centre has not extended any financial help to the state for passing on to farmers. The Rs 800 crore received by the state from the Centre is specifically meant for passing on to the Punjab State Electricity Corporation (PSEC) with the riders that …
Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today advocated a new land acquisition bill to safeguard the interests of both farmers and industry, and stressed that the crucial issue was the compensation package.
K Rajani Kanth / Polavaram September 21, 2010, 1:48 IST This is the first of a two-part report on the situation on the ground at Polavaram, site of the controversial Indira Sagar canal project. For 2,705 Koyas, compensation doesn
KONGUNADU Munnetra Kazhagam (KMK) staged a demonstration opposing the government move to acquire agricultural lands, demolish houses and commercial structures for Peelamedu Airport expansion project, in front of Indian Red Cross Society building here on Monday. The agitators demanded that the government should give up the land acquisition move. They …
New Delhi: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's proposal that farmers losing land for industrial and infrastructure projects should be given annuity, besides adequate compensation, has found favour among several industry leaders. In the annuity-cum-compensation model followed in Haryana, the farmer gets not only the market price for his land, but also …
NEW DELHI: A senior United States official on Wednesday once again raised Washington's discomfiture with the Nuclear Limited Liability Bill approved by Parliament last month and felt India should harmonise it with international laws.
New Delhi: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's proposal that farmers losing land for industrial and infrastructure projects should be given annuity, besides adequate compensation, has found favour among several industry leaders. In the annuity-cum-compensation model followed in Haryana, the farmer gets not only the market price for his land, but also …
Rajat Guha New Delhi: The government is formulating a compensation package for people who are displaced by land acquisition for projects like coal, mines, mineral and hydro projects. According to the proposed policy the affected parties should get prior claim to the revenue streams of upcoming projects besides compensation and …
KOLKATA, 14 SEPT: Accepting the revised estimate for acquisition of land for the upgrade of the International Check Post (ICP) at the Petrapole border, the Centre has released Rs 7 crore sought by the state government to avoid any trouble during acquisition of plots. A senior official at the Writers
Land for industries is acquired either through the government or through private negotiations with land owners. The government categorises agricultural land as single crop, double crop or barren. Compensation is determined depending on the category. After the government rates were revised in March, the compensation for doublecrop irrigated land went …
THE Union Cabinet cleared the nuclear liability bill on August 20 with 18 amendments. The amended version of the bill sparked a controversy. An amendment in it protected foreign suppliers of nuclear material in the event of a nuclear accident. The amendment in clause 17(b) said the operator of a …
Atanu Kumar Das / New Delhi September 13, 2010, 0:15 IST Real estate developers are making a killing on projects along the corridor. The Uttar Pradesh government is not the only one to rejoice the Supreme Court
Sonia Gandhi At a time when infrastructure projects across the country face a land acquisition challenge, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has said fertile and productive land should not be lost to industrialisation. The statement came just two days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh emphasised at an editors' conference the importance …
