Category: Legislation
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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 in the Parliament which replaces the Land Acquisition Act 1894. The new act unifies land acquisition and R&R and makes R&R legally mandatory. The passing of this law has gone through many interesting phases and has seen various pulls and pushes. In 2009…
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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 no further dilution in the land acquisition bill. The news reports, however, suggest that the Bill has been further diluted by the Group of Minister…
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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 bodies. Illegal mining, widening of roads and new road construction, industries, urban housing projects, sanctuary, all kind of projects are threatening to displace people in the state. The…