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Taungyas get legal recognition
@KumarSambhav_S Issue Date: Jul 27, 2011
LIVING a legally non-existent life for more than six decades, the Taungya forest-dwellers in Gorakhpur and Maharajganj districts of Uttar Pradesh finally got their share of rights on forestland. On July 25, state forest minister Fateh Bahadur Singh distributed land titles to 651 Taungya families in six villages of the two districts under Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006.
Stop passing the buck
Issue Date: Jul 31, 2011
This refers to the editorial “When business rules our kitchens” (June 16-30, 2011).
Acquisition made easy
Posted on: 16 Jun, 2011
New land acquisition bill won’t bring relief to tribals
Bias is in the law
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2011
The violence in Bhatta-Parsaul villages is a reminder of smaller clashes in western Uttar Pradesh since 2007 over land acquisition. In August 2010, Tappal block in Aligarh saw similar protests, leading to a clash between farmers and the police. The compensation given to these farmers against land acquired for the Yamuna Expressway and a high-tech city was a fraction of the profits made by the private developer to whom the land was transferred. To placate the agitating farmers, the Uttar Pradesh government announced a new land acquisition and rehabilitation policy on September 3, 2010. It also promised to stop the construction of the township.
SC bans endosulfan, for now
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2011
THE Supreme Court has ordered a nationwide ban on manufacture, sale and use of endosulfan for the time being, citing its harmful health effects.
Wars, speeches and land
On May 6, 2011 three employees of the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation were held hostage by villagers from Bhatta and Parsual in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. They were protesting against the State government's acquisition of their land for the Yamuna Expressway project. This video shows you a quick montage of what happens in Greater Noida on days that tempers and temperatures run high.Greater Noida's Land War
On May 6, 2011 three employees of the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation were held hostage by villagers from Bhatta and Parsual in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. They were protesting against the State government's acquisition of their land for the Yamuna Expressway project. This video recounts the violent events that took place the day after, when police officers raided the two villages looking to release the employees.Currency grubbers
Issue Date: May 31, 2011
Staff at a bank in Uttar Pradesh has been blamed for allowing termites to eat their way through banknotes.
Disowned 100,000
Issue Date: May 31, 2011
McDonald saheb, Qureshi saheb, Jivan Singh, Aadal Singh, Udham Singh …. Eighty-yearold Lakshmi Nishad rattles off all the names she remembers of the forest officers who have served in the Gorakhpur range. The display of memory is a desperate attempt to prove that she has lived all her life in this forest area of Uttar Pradesh.
Property is a right: SC
Issue Date: May 31, 2011
RIGHT to property is a Constitutional right. The Supreme Court said this on April 18 dismissing acquisition of land by the Uttar Pradesh government near Greater Noida. The judgement has stirred a long-standing debate over property—whether the State has the supreme rights or the individual owner.
