Eye on irrigated pie

Farmers' organisations raise an alarm over Odisha government's recent guidelines that allow industries to acquire irrigated land

Historic litigant

How was land for Rashtrapati Bhavan and the parliament building acquired? Who were its original inhabitants?

Two years of Dhinkia violence: Villagers observe ‘Black Day’ in Bhubaneswar

Thirty people from Dhinkia sustained injuries after police baton-charged agitators trying to protect their betel vineyards from acquisition for …

Prize for tiller, loss for industry

Parliamentary panel makes recommendations on land acquisition Bill

In court

A wrong righted: Chhattisgarh becomes first state to give farmers their land back

Chhattisgarh has set an example by returning land acquired forcefully from over 1,700 farmers for a steel plant. Can other states follow suit?

Indigenous peoples are crucial for conservation – a quarter of all land is in their hands

Land owned or managed by indigenous people is valuable for conservation. About 65% of indigenous lands have not been intensively …

How to love farmers-the Modi way

Like its other policies, the BJP government's Land Acquisition Ordinance favours industry at the cost of farmers

All about the new land acquisition Bill

Proposed law will replace the Land Acquisition Act of 1894 and unlike the British-era Act it provides for rehabilitation and resettlement as well

Is this state sponsored land grab?

Public audit on SEZs says dalit farmers were coerced to part with land

World Bank pulls out of Amaravati construction project

The Bank, which was to lend $300 million to the project has said it will no longer be involved, given the project’s non-compliance of its …

Tribals observe 13th anniversary of Kalinga Nagar firing

13 years on, tribals march in Odisha to mark anniversary of brutal killings in Ambagadia village

Jharkhand village continues its anti-NTPC stance

Residents of Jugra village have complained to district administration about forceful land acquisition for supply route to coal mine

Why are Indian farmers protesting?

Farmers all over India are protesting against the government to get fair prices for their agricultural produce. Down To Earth explains the …

Left groups launch national-level movement to demand policy changes

The Jan Ekta Jan Adhikar Andolan will raise demands for changes in economic policies and labour laws, among other issues

Gond tribals, Madhya Pradesh government fight for 4000 hectares of land

Two government departments and landless people are locked in a legal battle over 4,000 ha in Madhya Pradesh whose outcome would have countrywide …

Home is where mines are

Displaced Baiga tribals are returning to the forests taken over for mining by Reliance in Madhya Pradesh. They say they were short-changed by the …

People of no land

Jharkhand's decision to allow the use of tribal land for non-agricultural purposes could lead to mass displacement

Latin America, the most unequal region of the world in land distribution

Economic elites use their clout to influence regulatory decisions to serve their interest by either funding political parties or controlling the media

`The Australian government is amending laws to push Adani's coal mine project'

The Adani Group's US$ 16.5 billion Carmichael coal mine project in Queensland is mired in a controversy as it not only threatens the Great …

‘Land squeeze’: New pressures emerging from carbon and biodiversity offset projects

In India, the top 10% own 45% of farmland

Public purpose

Mahanadi Coalfields land oustees to get compensation, resettlement and rehabilitation

Land acquired for mining in 1988; Compensation to be disbursed to 4 villages under the R&R Act, 2013

Gujarat land activists allege detention for demonstrating over rights

Protesters seek land rights under Forest Rights Act, roll back of decision to give land to corporations for farming

'State govts acquire land by subverting rights and bending the law’

The Centre for Science and Environment filed RTI queries to 28 states to understand how states are circumventing the land acquisition law. The …