Social Impact Assessment

Land Acquisition ordinance: NDA opts for second best option, will face trial by fire in RS

The ordinance to amend the UPA's Land Acquisition Act is a huge improvement on the latter, but it will still need changes and have to pass through a hostile Rajya Sabha in the budget session

Cabinet clears ordinance on Land Acqusition Act, makes it easier to acquire land

The Union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, decided to amend the Act to bring under its purview 13 Central legislations, including those relating to defence and national security, to provide higher compensation and rehabilitation and resettlement benefits to farmers whose land is being acquired.

I was dubbed CIA agent for supporting globalisation, FDI: Jairam Ramesh

The time frame of the Social Impact Assessment may increase industry cost marginally, but it will lead to a considerable decrease in social cost and conflict, Rural Development Minister told CNBC-TV18.

Why exempt only PPP? UPA's Land Act needs to be junked wholesale and reworked

The NDA is planning to tinker with the Land Acquisition Act to exempt PPP projects from the need for 70% consent. This is not good enough. The law must be replaced wholesale with something sensible