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Singur Movement Changed Bengal's Politics, But Not Farmers' Lives
Singur, which changed the course of West Bengal politics in 2006, is once again at the centre of a controversy 18 years later. Back then the question was about why set up industry on fertile agricultural land.
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Karnataka May Plan Budget Cuts To Raise Rs 70,000 Crore For Irrigation Scheme
Karnataka's Health, Education, and Urban Development departments may face a 10 per cent budget cut as Siddaramaiah's government tries to raise up to Rs 75,000 crore - spread over four years - for the Upper Krishna irrrigation project (Phase III).
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For Bullet Train, Double Compensation For Gujarat Farmers In Urban Parts
The Gujarat government on Thursday announced the doubling of compensation for farmers whose agricultural land situated in urban areas will be acquired for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor.
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Compensation To Farmers For Bullet Train Project To Be "Much More" Than Land Acquisition Act
The compensation package for the farmers whose land will be acquired for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet train project will be "much more" than what is mandated by the Land Acquisition Act, a senior official said in Ahmedabad today.
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Buried In Mud, Rajasthan Farmers Protest Over Land Compensation
For three days, more than 50 farmers have been digging pits and spending hours buried neck-deep in mud in a protest near Rajasthan's Jaipur. They say the state government has forcibly acquired their land at very poor rates.
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Mamata Banerjee To Distribute 800 Cheques To Singur Farmers On September 14
Stating that her government would follow the Supreme Court order cancelling the Singur land acquisition "line by line", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that the state would compensate 800 farmers and also distribute 9,117 land records today.
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Explain Land Acquisition in Andhra Pradesh, Union Ministers Ask Congress
Union Ministers M. Venkaiah Naidu and Birender Singh today said the then Congress government acquired 5.07 lakh acres of land without adequate compensations to farmers in undivided Andhra Pradesh and asked the party to clarify its position.
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Farmers to Get 5-Times Compensation for Land Acquisition: Maharashtra Government
The farmers in Dondaicha constituency in Dhule district will be the first beneficiaries of five times higher compensation for land acquisition following the new rate announced by the Maharashtra government.
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Farmer Death Over Land Acquisition Leads to Fresh Tension in Bihar
A farmer died in Bihar on Thursday during a protest against the acquisition of land by the state government for an Indian Institute of Technology.
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Supreme Court Order Gives Relief for Greater Noida Flat Owners, Leaves Farmers Unhappy
Lakhs of apartment owners can breathe easy after the Supreme Court today ended the uncertainty over land acquisition in more than 60 villages in Greater Noida. The top court on Thursday dismissed petitions filed by both farmers of the region, as well as the Greater Noida authority. Meanwhile, the farmers of the region have said they may be left wit...
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BJP Guilty of Doublespeak on Compensation to Farmers Under the Land Acquisition Ordinance?
As the land acquisition debates spill from Parliament into the streets of Delhi, the BJP put out a clarification on its Twitter page on the supposed benefits of the ordinance.
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Rs 100 Crore Spent on Republic Day Parade, But no Compensation to Farmers: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court pulled up the Union government today for spending crores on the Republic Day parade but delaying the payment of compensation to farmers for land acquired from them.
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Farmer Sets Himself on Fire After Dharna Demanding More Compensation for Land
On Saturday, a 35-year-old farmer set him on fire at Anuppur in Madhya Pradesh. The event came after police detained his parents, who were sitting on dharna demanding greater compensation for farm land that had been acquired from them for an industrial project.
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Tamil Nadu: farmers block power plant, demand compensation under new land law
Around 300 farmers have refused to part with their land in Cheyyur, 100 km from Chennai on the Tamil Nadu coast, for the Rs 24,000-crore power plant, asking the government to wait till the newly-elected Land Acquisition Act comes into force so that they could get market rates for their land.
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Farmers demand price as per new Land Acquisition Bill
Even before the Land Acquisition Bill receives Presidential Assent and became an act, farmers in Cheyyur in Tamil Nadu have demanded compensation as per rates fixed in the legislation for their farm lands sought to be acquired by a subsidiary of Power Finance Corporation for a power plant.
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Singur Movement Changed Bengal's Politics, But Not Farmers' Lives
Singur, which changed the course of West Bengal politics in 2006, is once again at the centre of a controversy 18 years later. Back then the question was about why set up industry on fertile agricultural land.
-
Karnataka May Plan Budget Cuts To Raise Rs 70,000 Crore For Irrigation Scheme
Karnataka's Health, Education, and Urban Development departments may face a 10 per cent budget cut as Siddaramaiah's government tries to raise up to Rs 75,000 crore - spread over four years - for the Upper Krishna irrrigation project (Phase III).
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For Bullet Train, Double Compensation For Gujarat Farmers In Urban Parts
The Gujarat government on Thursday announced the doubling of compensation for farmers whose agricultural land situated in urban areas will be acquired for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor.
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Compensation To Farmers For Bullet Train Project To Be "Much More" Than Land Acquisition Act
The compensation package for the farmers whose land will be acquired for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet train project will be "much more" than what is mandated by the Land Acquisition Act, a senior official said in Ahmedabad today.
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Buried In Mud, Rajasthan Farmers Protest Over Land Compensation
For three days, more than 50 farmers have been digging pits and spending hours buried neck-deep in mud in a protest near Rajasthan's Jaipur. They say the state government has forcibly acquired their land at very poor rates.
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Mamata Banerjee To Distribute 800 Cheques To Singur Farmers On September 14
Stating that her government would follow the Supreme Court order cancelling the Singur land acquisition "line by line", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that the state would compensate 800 farmers and also distribute 9,117 land records today.
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Explain Land Acquisition in Andhra Pradesh, Union Ministers Ask Congress
Union Ministers M. Venkaiah Naidu and Birender Singh today said the then Congress government acquired 5.07 lakh acres of land without adequate compensations to farmers in undivided Andhra Pradesh and asked the party to clarify its position.
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Farmers to Get 5-Times Compensation for Land Acquisition: Maharashtra Government
The farmers in Dondaicha constituency in Dhule district will be the first beneficiaries of five times higher compensation for land acquisition following the new rate announced by the Maharashtra government.
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Farmer Death Over Land Acquisition Leads to Fresh Tension in Bihar
A farmer died in Bihar on Thursday during a protest against the acquisition of land by the state government for an Indian Institute of Technology.
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Supreme Court Order Gives Relief for Greater Noida Flat Owners, Leaves Farmers Unhappy
Lakhs of apartment owners can breathe easy after the Supreme Court today ended the uncertainty over land acquisition in more than 60 villages in Greater Noida. The top court on Thursday dismissed petitions filed by both farmers of the region, as well as the Greater Noida authority. Meanwhile, the farmers of the region have said they may be left wit...
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BJP Guilty of Doublespeak on Compensation to Farmers Under the Land Acquisition Ordinance?
As the land acquisition debates spill from Parliament into the streets of Delhi, the BJP put out a clarification on its Twitter page on the supposed benefits of the ordinance.
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Rs 100 Crore Spent on Republic Day Parade, But no Compensation to Farmers: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court pulled up the Union government today for spending crores on the Republic Day parade but delaying the payment of compensation to farmers for land acquired from them.
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Farmer Sets Himself on Fire After Dharna Demanding More Compensation for Land
On Saturday, a 35-year-old farmer set him on fire at Anuppur in Madhya Pradesh. The event came after police detained his parents, who were sitting on dharna demanding greater compensation for farm land that had been acquired from them for an industrial project.
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Tamil Nadu: farmers block power plant, demand compensation under new land law
Around 300 farmers have refused to part with their land in Cheyyur, 100 km from Chennai on the Tamil Nadu coast, for the Rs 24,000-crore power plant, asking the government to wait till the newly-elected Land Acquisition Act comes into force so that they could get market rates for their land.
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Farmers demand price as per new Land Acquisition Bill
Even before the Land Acquisition Bill receives Presidential Assent and became an act, farmers in Cheyyur in Tamil Nadu have demanded compensation as per rates fixed in the legislation for their farm lands sought to be acquired by a subsidiary of Power Finance Corporation for a power plant.
