Land Reform Law

Farmers in Karnataka on Wednesday continued their protest against the three agriculture laws passed by the Centre recently.

The Karnataka government on Tuesday passed the controversial Land Reforms (Amendment) Act in the Legislative Council with support from the Janata Dal Secular, which had earlier opposed the amendments

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly today passed amendments to the land reforms act that liberalised farmland ownership, despite the Congress strongly opposing it, with some party members tearing copies of the bill, and staging a walkout calling it a "black law".

As the Indian government nears its two-year mark in office, global financial services major DBS on Thursday said the reform agenda has been "broad-based, granular and incremental".

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.

Indefinite curfew has been declared in the whole of Manipur after three more people died in the protests over the three new state laws flared up again this morning. Altogether, eight people have died in the protests and eight people have been injured.

The government has reportedly decided to withdraw virtually all the changes it had made to an existing law on how to acquire farm land for industry after it failed completely at being able to push through the centerpiece of its economic reform agenda. It will now be upto individual states to pass their own laws for business-friendly 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.

The government is preparing to reissue or repromulgate its controversial ordinance on land reforms, said the Press Trust of India. The executive order, which is aimed at making it easier for businesses to acquire land from farmers, lapses on April 5.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi has written a strongly-worded letter to the government, rejecting the allegations that her party is being "anti-national and anti-farmer" by opposing the land reforms proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the land reforms he wants to introduce are necessary, because for decades, farmers lived with a law that was 120 years old and denied them their rights. "You allowed this," he said, referring to the opposition Congress which has governed India more than any other party and lost abysmally to Mr Modi and h...

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."

Mr Modi has promised to slash red tape, reform tax and overhaul land acquisition laws to try to attract foreign investment and create jobs for millions of young people.

The government has decided to postpone a reform seen as essential for developing much-needed infrastructure. A proposal to change land acquisition laws will not be introduced in the month-long parliament session that began on Monday, said sources.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has shaken up labour, land and welfare policies with such verve that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has even poached her chief of staff for the Union Finance Ministry.

Farmers in Karnataka on Wednesday continued their protest against the three agriculture laws passed by the Centre recently.

The Karnataka government on Tuesday passed the controversial Land Reforms (Amendment) Act in the Legislative Council with support from the Janata Dal Secular, which had earlier opposed the amendments

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly today passed amendments to the land reforms act that liberalised farmland ownership, despite the Congress strongly opposing it, with some party members tearing copies of the bill, and staging a walkout calling it a "black law".

As the Indian government nears its two-year mark in office, global financial services major DBS on Thursday said the reform agenda has been "broad-based, granular and incremental".

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.

Indefinite curfew has been declared in the whole of Manipur after three more people died in the protests over the three new state laws flared up again this morning. Altogether, eight people have died in the protests and eight people have been injured.

The government has reportedly decided to withdraw virtually all the changes it had made to an existing law on how to acquire farm land for industry after it failed completely at being able to push through the centerpiece of its economic reform agenda. It will now be upto individual states to pass their own laws for business-friendly 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.

The government is preparing to reissue or repromulgate its controversial ordinance on land reforms, said the Press Trust of India. The executive order, which is aimed at making it easier for businesses to acquire land from farmers, lapses on April 5.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi has written a strongly-worded letter to the government, rejecting the allegations that her party is being "anti-national and anti-farmer" by opposing the land reforms proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the land reforms he wants to introduce are necessary, because for decades, farmers lived with a law that was 120 years old and denied them their rights. "You allowed this," he said, referring to the opposition Congress which has governed India more than any other party and lost abysmally to Mr Modi and h...

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."

Mr Modi has promised to slash red tape, reform tax and overhaul land acquisition laws to try to attract foreign investment and create jobs for millions of young people.

The government has decided to postpone a reform seen as essential for developing much-needed infrastructure. A proposal to change land acquisition laws will not be introduced in the month-long parliament session that began on Monday, said sources.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has shaken up labour, land and welfare policies with such verve that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has even poached her chief of staff for the Union Finance Ministry.