Category: Land Acquisition
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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 before the cabinet for approval and there after to be introduced in the monsoon session of the parliament, without incorporating most of the major recommendations made by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development, to which it was referred last year after being tabled in 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 the rehab offered to him, he was employed at the factory, only to be fired 3 months later. Ashok was fired after a year and…
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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 National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Bill 1) Apart from those who lose their land, the Bill identifies those whose livelihoods are dependent…