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By: Rina Chandran,
Date: 14 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
India's ambitious plans to develop infrastructure, mining and renewable energy threaten to force more of the most marginalised groups from their homes, widening inequality and fanning tensions, a global research group…
By: Athar Parvaiz
Date: 15 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Mismanagement of a flagship land ownership scheme in India's northern Jammu and Kashmir state, banked on by the regional government to generate cash to build its own power plants, is holding back local ambitions for…
Source: Land Rights Now Campaign
As India’s upper house is currently debating a controversial afforestation bill, civil society groups across the country are expressing concerns that the bill would do more harm than good.
The Compensatory Afforestation Management & Planning Authority Bill (…
Source: Rural India Online
Author: Shirish Khare
“They said our life will change for the better, but they have betrayed us,” says Pritam Kunjam of Junwani village.“After taking our land, officials have given us back only a small portion on lease and tried to make us believe that is all we own. Some…
By: Kinshu Dang
Date: August 5th 2016
Source: NDTV Every Life Counts
Despite a 10-year-old law, the Hindu Sucession Act, ensuring equal rights for daughters in their parental property, social and cultural barriers continue to deprive women of their rights. The barriers led 28-year-old Reena of…
By: Siva G|
Date: August 11th 2016
Source: Times of India
VISAKHAPATNAM: Police bosses are busy chalking out various plans and proposals to address the litigation cases pertaining to land and land grabbing at Madhurawada and other areas. According to sources, the police department's previous…
By: Sayantan Bera
Date: August 15th 2016
Source: Live Mint
New Delhi: Several states, including Gujarat, Odisha and Punjab, are adopting a model law that is aimed at encouraging owners of agricultural land to lease out their land for farming.
The model act, drafted by an expert panel under the…
By: Rina Chandran
Date: August 18th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Conflicts over land in India will only increase as its economy grows quickly, and the most effective way to prevent them is to ensure land laws are simpler and more transparent, a…
By: Darshan Kunwar|
Date: August 20th 2016
Source: The Times of India
DEHRADUN: Three weeks after the state government issued an order granting ownership rights to 2,500 families living in 123 slums and low-lying localities, chief minister Harish Rawat on Saturday said that the process to…
By: Anjaya Anparthi|
Date: August 25th 2016
Source: Times of India
Nagpur: In a first-of-its-kind decision in the state, chief minister Devendra Fadnavishas decided to give ownership rights of the land to women along with the men when regularizing slum areas. The decision has been taken along…
By: Naresh Sankepally
Date: August 26th 2016
Source: The Hans India
Hyderabad: In an explosive finding the Task Force Committee constituted by the State Government, which probed encroachment of lands, has concluded that thousands of acres of land in and around Hyderabad have been encroached upon…
By: Darshan Kunwar|
Date: August 25th 2016
Source: Times of India
DEHRADUN: Chief minister Harish Rawat has directed top officials across the state to identify those responsible for grabbing the state government land illegally to expand ashrams, especially in holy places like Haridwar, and…