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Gujarat farmers protest land acquisition for bullet train

Odisha News Insight Jun 18, 2018 0

Strong protests have started emerging in Gujarat against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dream project of a bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, with farmers in Surat district taking to the streets opposing acquisition of land for the…

Odisha

Odisha Govt fails implementing Rights Acts enacted from 2005

Odisha News Insight Jun 4, 2015 0

Bhubaneswar, June 4: In a press meet held on 3rd June 2015 at Lohia Academy, Civil Society Organizations alleged that Forest (Recognition) Rights, 2006 has been converted into land distribution scheme by the BJD Govt. in the State. Civil…

Odisha

Resolve Bottlenecks faced by Large Industries in Odisha

Odisha News Insight May 23, 2015 0

Bhubaneswar, May 23 (IANS): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday directed officials to resolve the challenges faced by large industries in the state. The chief minister took a review meeting to discuss about 11 large…

State of SEZs is warning for Land Acquisition

Odisha News Insight May 20, 2015

New Delhi, May 20: (IANS/IndiaSpend) There is strong evidence that past acquisitions of land for development have gone awry. That should serve as a warning, as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government enters the second year in office…

Odisha

CSD, Odisha slams Govt for bypassing MoTA’s Directions

Odisha News Insight Apr 16, 2015 0

Campaign for Survival and Dignity, CSD, Odisha, on Wednesday slammed the Naveen government for bypassing the Directions of MoTA ( Ministry of Tribal Affairs) over diversion of forest land in the State. The CSD is a national level coalition…

Odisha

Odisha Nari Samaj supports Anna Hazare’s Protest

Odisha News Insight Feb 26, 2015 0

Odisha Nari Samaj, a State-level federation of 54 tribal women’s organizations, protested against the land acquisition amendment ordinance on Wednesday. The organization followed the path of Anna Hazare’s path in the state and organized a…

Elections

BJP sets up Eight-Member Panel on Land Acquisition

Odisha News Insight Feb 24, 2015 0

BJP president Amit Shah set up an eight-member committee to seek suggestions from farmers on the land acquisition amendment bill which was introduced in the Lok Sabha amid an uproar by the opposition. Former union minister Satyapal Malik…

Elections

Land Acquisition Amendment Bill introduced in Lok Sabha

Odisha News Insight Feb 24, 2015 0

The government Tuesday introduced the land acquisition amendment bill in the Lok Sabha amid uproar by the opposition. The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill 2015…

Elections

Land Acquisition: Modi asks MPs to defend, Ruckus in RS

Odisha News Insight Feb 24, 2015 0

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday asked his party MPs to aggressively defend the land acquisition bill saying that it is pro-farmer, sources said. According to sources, the prime minister said at the parliamentary party meeting of the…

Elections

Take back Ordinance on Land Acquisition: Anna to Modi

Odisha News Insight Feb 23, 2015 0

Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take back the controversial land acquisition ordinance and make it a pro-farmers act. If the government doesn't pay heed to the farmers demands, a bigger…

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