Heatwave: Passing phase or a natural calamity?

It is time heatwaves are treated as a natural calamity and some form of compensation system is devised while investing more in creating more …

Farmers' union threatens stir over move to amend land acquisition Act

There is speculation that provisions relating to 'fair compensation' may be tinkered with

Polavaram project: Police demolish houses in Angaluru village of Andhra Pradesh

To protest the move, nine tribal youth made a self-immolation bid; another woman suffered a heart attack

Government introduces land amendment bill amid protests, walkout

Farmers and civil society groups march on Delhi streets to protest Narendra Modi government’s anti-farmers and anti-people bill which …

Land use policy for the country on anvil

Rural development ministry revives two-decade old plan to demarcate the country according to land use to avert conflicts

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

Cabinet approves ordinance to ease land acquisition rules

Provisions relating to fair compensation in the land Act of 2013 have not been amended in the ordinance

Will land Bill cross Rajya Sabha hurdle?

Narendra Modi government accuses rival parties of opposing amendments in the land acquisition law for the sake of opposition

Land Bill gets new name and many amendments

States get freedom to decide whether land under multi-crop is to be acquired