land acquisition bill

At mahapanchayat in Greater Noida, farmers step up pressure on govt

December 31, 2024 4:37 am

This comes a day after UP CM Yogi Adityanath directed authorities to swiftly resolve the grievances of protesting farmers.

Behind Patnaik bid to roll back land acquisition Bill: hot-button issue, Odisha protests history, 2024 polls

April 03, 2023 4:03 pm

The Bill seeks to exempt social impact assessment study for some categories of projects besides proposing to acquire multi-crop irrigated land for certain industrial and infrastructure projects

Venkaiah Naidu blames opposition for ‘slowing’ housing scheme

May 04, 2016 4:40 am

In his statement during a discussion on the Demand for Grants for his ministry, Naidu said chief ministers of some of the states, where the proposals are lagging, have informed him that the unavailability of land is a problem.

Centre opposes Reliance plea against new land Act clause

February 19, 2016 3:29 am

Says the new land Act not only for acquisition, but also for ‘fair compensation’

Two acquisitions that lapsed because Gujarat delayed taking possession

January 12, 2016 1:41 am

The Act came into effect in January 2014. In both cases, the court invoked section 24(2), which sets the time-frame of five years for land that had been acquired under the previous Land Acquisition Act of 1894.

Centre’s bill on hold, states move on land acquisition

December 25, 2015 10:15 pm

The view of having separate land laws across different states was reinforced after a meeting of the governing council of the NITI Aayog with chief ministers this July.

Land Bill: BJP fields three ministers to take on Congress VP Rahul Gandhi

September 23, 2015 7:23 am

Transport Minister Gadkari said Congress leaders have been indulging in “spreading baseless allegations” on the land Bill.

Land law not the only rollback: Seeds Bill put on hold over ‘GM’ clause

September 03, 2015 7:14 am

The move comes despite three rounds of inter-ministerial consultations on the Seeds Bill, during which all ministries agreed to its major provisions, including five recent amendments.

Not to re-promulgate land ordinance is not a setback for government, says Arun Jaitley

August 31, 2015 4:16 pm

Jaitley said rather than allowing the parliamentary stalemate to carry on, the Centre followed an alternative route which will give flexibility to states to change land acquisition laws as per their requirement.

Why Centre should leave land to the states

August 24, 2015 12:18 am

A state-centric strategy on land acquisition will permit a more nuanced approach. It will also promote competitive federalism.

Congress takes to the street against Land Bill

March 16, 2015 6:36 pm

Terming the BJP-led Central government 'anti-farmer', Congress on Monday staged a protest at Jantan Mantar against the Land Acquisition bill.

Arvind Kejriwal shares stage with Anna Hazare during his agitation against Land Acquisition Bill

February 24, 2015 7:44 pm

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal with social activist Anna Hazare during agitation against the ordinance on Land Acquisition Bill at Parliament street in New Delhi on Feb 24th 2015.

Arun Jaitley on the Land Acquisition Bill

April 07, 2015 10:01 am