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Gujarat Farmers Warn Of "Violent Protests" Over Land Acquisition
After Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat may witness a "violent confrontation" between the state administration and villagers over the issue of lignite mining by the Gujarat Power Corporation Limited (GPCL) at Bhavnagar, warn farmer leaders.
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State Land Acquisition Laws Weakened Provision Of Consent And Social Impact Assessment: Congress' Jairam Ramesh
Several state laws on land acquisition have weakened the provisions of consent and social impact assessment as laid down by the 2013 law, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Saturday.
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New Land Acquisition A Blessing In Disguise, Says Nitin Gadkari
New land acquisition law has proved to be a blessing in disguise paving the way for faster acquisition of land for highway projects, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said today.
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Why Modi's Reforms Lie in Tatters
Modi's proposed changes to labour laws led to such a furious reaction in organized labour circles, including the BJP's own trade union wing, that the labour reforms he sought in mid-2014 soon after becoming PM had to be postponed to bring the Sangh Parivar on board.
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Land Acquisition From a State's Perspective
Senior Congress leader Niranjan Patnaik's take on the proposed changes to the 2013 Land Acquisition Law and how it should be examined with reference to a concrete state-specific situation.
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Modi vs the Gandhis on Land Reforms
Modi sees the social impact and concurrence clauses in the UPA's Land Acquisition Act of 2013 as overdone and, in their current form, rendering meaningless any meaningful attempt to build industrial corridors and modern, urban economic agglomerations.
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Need to Change 2013 Land Acquisition Law for the Development of the Country, Especially the Villages: Arun Jaitley
Even as it looked set to re-promulgate the Land Acquisition Ordinance, the government, on Saturday, insisted that it was not making it a "prestige" issue and was willing to have a discussion with opposition parties to sort out differences.
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BJP Continues to Meet Farmers on Land Law
The BJP on Thursday conveyed its willingness to consider suggestions from farmers on the land acquisition law amendments to resolve the impasse on the issue inside and outside the parliament.
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to Defend Land Bill in Parliament Today
In the Rajya Sabha tomorrow, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will make a strong defence of the government's land reforms, denounced by a united opposition and activists as "anti-farmer."
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March Against Land Acquisition Law Begins in Haryana, Prominent Activists Unite
A number of noted civil rights activists today came together on one platform to rally support against changes in the land acquisition law. Anti-corruption crusader and Gandhian activist Anna Hazare flagged off a march of 5000 farmers, landless labourers and tribals to Delhi from Palwal in Haryana.
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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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Gujarat Farmers Warn Of "Violent Protests" Over Land Acquisition
After Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat may witness a "violent confrontation" between the state administration and villagers over the issue of lignite mining by the Gujarat Power Corporation Limited (GPCL) at Bhavnagar, warn farmer leaders.
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State Land Acquisition Laws Weakened Provision Of Consent And Social Impact Assessment: Congress' Jairam Ramesh
Several state laws on land acquisition have weakened the provisions of consent and social impact assessment as laid down by the 2013 law, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Saturday.
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New Land Acquisition A Blessing In Disguise, Says Nitin Gadkari
New land acquisition law has proved to be a blessing in disguise paving the way for faster acquisition of land for highway projects, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said today.
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Why Modi's Reforms Lie in Tatters
Modi's proposed changes to labour laws led to such a furious reaction in organized labour circles, including the BJP's own trade union wing, that the labour reforms he sought in mid-2014 soon after becoming PM had to be postponed to bring the Sangh Parivar on board.
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Land Acquisition From a State's Perspective
Senior Congress leader Niranjan Patnaik's take on the proposed changes to the 2013 Land Acquisition Law and how it should be examined with reference to a concrete state-specific situation.
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Modi vs the Gandhis on Land Reforms
Modi sees the social impact and concurrence clauses in the UPA's Land Acquisition Act of 2013 as overdone and, in their current form, rendering meaningless any meaningful attempt to build industrial corridors and modern, urban economic agglomerations.
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Need to Change 2013 Land Acquisition Law for the Development of the Country, Especially the Villages: Arun Jaitley
Even as it looked set to re-promulgate the Land Acquisition Ordinance, the government, on Saturday, insisted that it was not making it a "prestige" issue and was willing to have a discussion with opposition parties to sort out differences.
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BJP Continues to Meet Farmers on Land Law
The BJP on Thursday conveyed its willingness to consider suggestions from farmers on the land acquisition law amendments to resolve the impasse on the issue inside and outside the parliament.
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to Defend Land Bill in Parliament Today
In the Rajya Sabha tomorrow, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will make a strong defence of the government's land reforms, denounced by a united opposition and activists as "anti-farmer."
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March Against Land Acquisition Law Begins in Haryana, Prominent Activists Unite
A number of noted civil rights activists today came together on one platform to rally support against changes in the land acquisition law. Anti-corruption crusader and Gandhian activist Anna Hazare flagged off a march of 5000 farmers, landless labourers and tribals to Delhi from Palwal in Haryana.
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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.
