Resisting Displacement in Rajasthan

Rajasthan is the largest sate of India in terms of geographical area.…

Salient Features of Draft National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Bill

Here are the salient features of the National Land Acquisition…

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by Nesar Ahmad In a recent affidavit to the Supreme…

Coke for Land – notes from a dharna outside Jindal’s factory in Angul, Orissa

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Making of a Law: The Right to Fair Compensation, Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Transparency in Land Acquisition Act, 2013

The government has recently (September 2013) passed a new Act…

Emotional or Pragmatic!

Why people do not want to give up land (despite…

Nature of Land Conflicts in India

Review of the Report ‘Locating the Breach: Land Conflicts in…

Rajasthan Land Acquisition Bill 2014 stalled for now: Sent to the select committee of the Vidhan Sabha

The much criticised by people and civil society organisations and…

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Government ignores Parliamentary Committee’s Suggestion: Makes Land Acquisition bill further pro-industry

A revised version of the Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement bill 2011 is to be put…

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Land Aquisition Bill diluted further by GoM

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Rajasthan Land Acquisition Bill 2014 stalled for now: Sent to the select committee of the Vidhan Sabha

The much criticised by people and civil society organisations and much appreciated by the corporates and corporate…

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Emotional or Pragmatic!

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Unutilised SEZ Land: Forcible Land Acquisition for What!

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Resisting Displacement in Rajasthan

Rajasthan is the largest sate of India in terms of geographical area. People in many parts of the state are facing  risk of being displaced from their villages, forests, land and water…

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Salient Features of Draft National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Bill

Here are the salient features of the National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation (LARR) Bill 2011 prepared by Rakshita Swamy. It also highlights some of the problem areas.  Salient Features: Draft…

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Counting Poorly; and Identifying…??

by Nesar Ahmad In a recent affidavit to the Supreme Court the Planning Commission has revised the poverty line to estimate the number of poor in India. According to the…

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Coke for Land – notes from a dharna outside Jindal’s factory in Angul, Orissa

by Faiza Khan Villagers have been sitting outside the Jindal factory in protest for the last 3 weeks. Sudham Bishal, 51 who injured his head in the attack. As per…

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Unutilised SEZ Land: Forcible Land Acquisition for What!

 Nesar Ahmad  As the opposition to the bill proposing amendments in the Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 intensifies within and outside of the Parliament, the government has…

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Land Aquisition Bill diluted further by GoM

Nesar Ahmad Even after pressed by his cabinet colleagues, Mr. Jairam Ramesh, the union minister for Rural Areas and Employment, had gone on record to say that there would be…

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