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Last Updated : Wednesday, September 08, 2010 Land Laws
 
Land title is a critical component for India's development: Raghuram Rajan
Published on : Saturday, July 31, 2010
Land is the single biggest issue in India. The property titles in India are not properly defined. One of the great hindrances to inclusion, and equity is the fact that the rural economy has not been brought in or connected to the urban economy.We need transparency through clear titles, says Raghuram Rajan to The Times Of India.
Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan
Published on : Monday, July 19, 2010
The price of land in Saket, an upper-class colony starts at Rupees 3-3.5 lakhs a square yard. But, the price of land in Sainik farms, which lies opposite to Saket starts from Rupees 30,000 to 50,000.The reason behing this is the inability of the delhi Government to enforce the law. Sales of homes in the colony can't be registered. Land one acquired by the Government is always vulnerable to encroachment, writes Mohit Satyanand in Yahoo News.
Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan
Published on : Monday, July 19, 2010
The price of land in Saket, an upper-class colony starts at Rupees 3-3.5 lakhs a square yard. But, the price of land in Sainik farms, which lies opposite to Saket starts from Rupees 30,000 to 50,000.The reason behing this is the inability of the delhi Government to enforce the law. Sales of homes in the colony can't be registered. Land one acquired by the Government is always vulnerable to encroachment, writes Mohit Satyanand in Yahoo News.
Jharkhand to get a New Industrial Policy
Published on : Tuesday, August 11, 2009
The new industrial policy of Jharkhand aims at starting the much needed single window clearance system, relaxing electricity and stamp duties and making things easier for investors. Navtan Kumar reports in the Economic Times
The matter of land acquisition and displacement of people
Published on : Saturday, August 08, 2009
The draft Bill needs to clarify the mechanisms for invoking eminent domain in case there is a hold-out. Rajiv Lall opines in the Mint.
Tribes to be Restricted from Trading in Land as the Meghalaya Land Transfer Act may be Amended
Published on : Thursday, August 06, 2009
The Meghalaya government is planning to restrict tribes from purchasing and selling land by amending the Meghalaya Land Transfer Act. The Telegraph reports.
SEZ Developers get Stamp Duty Waiver
Published on : Friday, July 17, 2009
Developers of Special Economic Zones will now get a stamp duty exemption on non-core activities in the SEZs as well, ending a longstanding row between the States and the Centre where the States had demanded that the SOP be restricted to only core activites. Deepshikha Sikarwar and Amiti Sen report in the Economic Times
Will consider Railways’ demand for Rae Bareli land: UP to HC
Published on : Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Legal hurdles in the way of the land coach factory in Rae Bareily were resolved with Mayawati relenting reports the Indian Express.
UP: Tribals unrest over ancestral land, fertile ground for left-wing extremists
Published on : Monday, June 29, 2009
The tribal women of over 500 villages in the range have taken around 20,000 hectares of land and are doing cooperative farming on it for the past two years, claiming ownership on grounds that they are original inhabitants of the forests. But local ‘landlords' and a few companies in mining business in the area are ‘conspiring' with government and forest officials to get the land back. Social activists warn that any attempt to dislodge inhabitants may to lead to providing Left ultras an opportunity to strengthen their bases in the region, writes Ashish Tripathi in the Times of India.
Orissa plans to protect land rights of tribals
Published on : Saturday, June 27, 2009
The Orissa government worried over tribal upsurge in different parts of the State decided to enforce laws under land reform act as well as the laws relating to scheduled area, official sources said. Realising that Maoist ultras were trying to take advantage from tribal unrest, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik asked the officials to ensure that not an inch of tribal land illegally remained in possession of non-tribals, reports The Hindu.
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