This Act is meant mainly to arrest and curb the unlawful activity of grabbing Government land, a local authority, a religious or Charitable Institution or Endowment including Wakf or any other private property, either individually or in groups either by force or decrepit or otherwise.
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Library ResourceLegislation & PoliciesSeptember, 1982India
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2008Global
This article is an extract from the bigger document. This articles briefly highlights that the land distribution remains highly unequal in some regions, Productivity growth of high-input agriculture has slowed down, Increased awareness regarding the detrimental effects of DDT has led to its elimination in many countries, Land under organic farming is increasing but remains concentrated in a few countries.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2010India
The purpose of this report is to bring out certain key lacunae in the existing legislation and policy and suggest legal, moral and policy alternatives regarding displacement due to large projects in India. Central to the land-acquisition law reforms is the problem of a lack of political will which has prevented the 2007 Bill from being passed in both the houses of the Parliament. Towards the end, Author has attempted to highlight this political issue and the lacunae that exist even in the amended bill.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsMarch, 2017India
This paper was presented at the “2017 WORLD BANK CONFERENCE ON LAND AND POVERTY”, The World Bank - Washington DC. This paper provides a comparative appreciation of all the datasets especially the metadata and methodology along with a SWOT vis-à-vis reporting requirement of SDG indicator.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2006India
This document from Department of land Resources, Government of India presents a comparative Statement of National Policy for Resettlement & Rehabilitation of Project Affected Families (NPRR‐2003) & National Rehabilitation Policy (NRP‐2006)
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsMarch, 2017Global
This Backgrounder is the first in a multi-authored series on Cultivating Gender Justice. In this series, we seek to uncover the structural foundations of sexism in the food system and highlight the ways people, communities, organizations, and social movements are dismantling the attitudes, institutions, and structures that hold patriarchy in place. To end hunger and malnutrition, we must end injustices in the food and agriculture system.
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REPORT OF AN EXPERT GROUP TO PLANNING COMMISSION
Reports & ResearchApril, 2008IndiaThe brief review in the repor concludes of various disturbing aspects of the socio-economic context that prevails in large parts of India today, and that may (and can) contribute to politics such as that of the Naxalite movement or erupt as other forms of violence. It should be recognized that there are different kinds of movements, and that calling and treating them generally as unrest, a disruption of law and order, is little more than a rationale for suppressing them by force.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJuly, 2002India
The main objective of this paper is to describe the magnitude of displacement, the rehabilitation policy and the impact with special reference to tribal people in Orissa. The paper, divided into four sections, discusses the tribal displacement briefly in section one. The second section provides a bird’s eye view of dam-induced displacements in Orissa. Experiences related to four major dams of Orissa have been discussed in section three. Concluding observations have been presented in the last section.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsJuly, 2013India
Chiefly an agricultural society, India has a strong linkage between land and social status of an individual. Nearly 70 % of its population dependent on land, either as farmers or farm laborers and it is imperative to address the issues of land ensuring livelihood, dignity and food security to millions of Indians. Land reform was a major policy initiative in the country in 1950s and early 1960s.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchFebruary, 2014India
The Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Haryana deals with maintaining and updating of revenue records, transaction by way of sale, mortgage, collection of revenue, consolidation of holdings, etc. The functionaries of Revenue department come into close contact with general public in connection with various ctivities/ transactions dealing with immoveable property.
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