Land Act

More problems for BJP: Naveen's BJD to oppose changes in land and mining acts

With the test of numbers for passage of crucial pieces of legislation, including the amendments to the Land Act of 2013, due in Parliament, the BJP is in no position to displease any of its allies at this point.

BJP sweats over fate of ordinances in RS: Will PM Modi pay for insulting opposition?

The ruling BJP benches are toiling hard to find suitable ways to deal with the turbulence that might erupt on Monday.

Land Acquisition Bill: Farmers are mad as hell and won't back down

Though thousands of farmers from various states gathered at Jantar Mantar to express solidarity with the anti-ordinance movement, many aren’t aware of the details of the Act.

Govt introduces contentious Land Act in Lok Sabha amid oppn uproar, Cong walkout

The government introduced the land acquisition amendment bill in the Lok Sabha amid uproar by the opposition on Tuesday.

Modi govt's Land Act is a travesty, but Anna Hazare's protest is no answer

The agitations by Anna and Rahul Gandhi might not last long, but it remains to be seen if people will remain mute when their lives are threatened. The Act is only an enabling instrument, the real battle will be in the fields. Perhaps that’s where Anna and Rahul should focus whenever anti-people acquisitions are set in motion.

President says land act 'refined' but Hazare, Congress oppose ordinance

President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said the land acquisition act had been "refined" to minimise some procedural difficulties in getting land for critical projects but the Congress and some parties conveyed their firm opposition to the measure and activist Anna Hazare launched a protest.

Rising rebellion over land: Modi govt's ordinance raj is a recipe for chaos

If it’s Anna a week later, it will be someone else after that. The BJP should be careful about running the country through ordinances.

Land Act: Nitish accuses Centre of working against interest of farmers

Hitting out at the Narendra Modi government over the land acquisition ordinance, JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar on Friday accused the Centre of working against interest of farmers to benefit industrialists.

Land Act: PM Modi should tell Mamata to feel free to take Bengal back to Stone Age

The opposition's united stand against the Land Acquisition Ordinance is just political obstructionism. To get over it, Modi should offer states to enact their own stricter laws - and call their bluff. Few states will dare so so

What the Haryana, Maharashtra victories mean: Modi can now speed up reforms

With the Maharashtra and Haryana results behind them, the Modi government can afford to take risks with bolder economic reforms. It has a window of 6-8 months before politics will again constrain reforms