Land

Vaishnaw asks Kerala CM to expedite land acquisition for rail projects

In a letter to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday, minister urged the state to instruct officials to accelerate land acquisition so that construction of ongoing projects could proceed

Include land authority in CoC for real estate insolvency cases: IBBI

The IBC has seen successful resolution in 46 per cent of cases admitted in the real estate sector as of June 2024, IBBI data shows

Jharkhand govt to decide soon on land parcels lying unused: Minister

The Jharkhand government will soon decide on large chunks of unused land parcels which are in possession of big companies, the assembly was informed on Friday. The state wants that these resources should be returned to their original owners, state minister Deepak Birua said in the assembly. "Large chunks of land parcels were lying unused by big companies. The government is serious about the issue and we will soon take a decision in this regard," he replied to a query. Chief Minister Hemant Soren has already expressed willingness to set up a commission to resolve the issue of unused land. Earlier, Congress MLA Pradip Yadav raised the issue in the House and said the Centre's Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 provisions that if land, acquired by any company, is not utilised for five years, then it should be returned to the original owner or should go to land bank. "But here, land parcels acquired from original .

UP govt to organise mega e-auction to allot industrial plots: Officials

With a view to allotting plots for industrial projects on a large scale, the Uttar Pradesh government will organise a mega e-auction on Thursday, officials said. The online auction would be held from 10 am for industrial plots in Lucknow, Kanpur, Trans Delhi Signature City, Ayodhya, Agra, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bareilly, Gorakhpur and Aligarh, they said. A total of 154 industrial plots, 3 group housing, one nursing home, 8 plots for warehouse and others will be put up for the auction. The e-auction is being organised by Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Department (UPSIDA), they said. For participation in this mega bidding process, depositing fees including application, catalogue downloading, document filing and downloading has already been completed through online medium. Not only this, the base pricing of all these proposed plots and rented halls has also been fixed to facilitate bidding process. The highest base prices have been kept for the industrial plots in Trans Delh

Delhi LG approves land transfer for implementation of RRTS project

Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena has approved the transfer of land from the Irrigation and Flood Control Department to the National Capital Regional Transport Corporation for implementation of the Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transport System (RRTS) project, Raj Niwas officials said on Sunday. The transfer of land to NCRTC at Anand Vihar and Patparganj Area will help with Multi Modal Integration (MMI)- construction of RRTS Station and traffic circulation, and construction of ventilation shaft at the two locations, respectively, they added. The NCRTC, through its letter dated in June 2020, had informed about its land requirement for the Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor and asked for land to be given for achieving for Multi Modal Integration at Anand Vihar, which also houses a railway station, ISBT and a metro station. It had also asked for land for construction of a ventilation shaft at Patparganj, the official said. After a delay of three years, the Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) ...

Special court acquits Tamil Nadu minister Ponmudy in land grabbing case

A special court here trying cases against MPs and MLAs on Thursday acquitted Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minster K Ponmudy in a land grabbing case. Holding that the prosecution had failed to prove the case beyond any reasonable doubt, Special Judge G Jayavel acquitted Ponmudy, a senior DMK leader and six others. The prosecution case was that during the period 1996-2001 when Ponmudy was Transport minister in the then DMK regime, he had grabbed 3,630 sq. ft. of government land at Saidapet in the city and registered it in his mother-in-law's name. Following a complaint, the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption filed the present case against Ponmudy and 9 others. During the pendency of the case, his mother-in-law and two others died.

Punjab CM announces digitisation of land records for easy access to people

He also directed officials to properly maintain record rooms at state, as well as district and sub division levels

Encroachments in name of 'land jihad' will not be allowed in U'khand: Dhami

Encroachments in the name of "land jihad" will not be allowed to vitiate the atmosphere of Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Friday, amid an ongoing statewide drive to remove illegally built structures from government land. Addressing the concluding session of the two-day meeting of the Vishva Hindu Parishad's (VHP) Kendriya Margadarshak Mandal here, Dhami said, "Uttarakhand shares its borders with two countries (China and Nepal). A particular community had illegally encroached land and raised structures in the border areas of the state which are being removed as part of a drive. "Illegal encroachments in the name of land jihad will not be allowed to vitiate the atmosphere in Uttarakhand", Dhami said. He said the state government has already appealed to encroachers to remove such structures on their own or the administration will demolish them. Last month, Dhami warned occupiers of illegally built mazars (tombs) to remove those on their own and reiterated tha

I-T dept impounds Mukhtar Ansari's 'benami' land parcel in Ghazipur

The income tax department on Thursday issued a proclamation for impounding a Rs 12-crore land piece, alleged to be a benami asset of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, in this district, official sources said. A team of officials from the department's Lucknow investigation unit accompanied by district authorities and local police erected an iron-made notice board at 'Mauja Kapurpur NZA' under Sadar Tehsil in the district, the sources told PTI. The I-T department is impounding this property temporarily under the benami assets law and any sale/purchase or transfer of this asset is prohibited, the board embossed with the department's logo and message said. A senior official also read out the proclamation to the public present around. As per the process, once the Adjudicating Authority of the Benami assets law approves the I-T department order, the property can be confiscated permanently. The department's Lucknow headquartered benami assets investigation unit attached this property la

Over 857,000 people encroaching 5,404 sq km of land, says Assam govt

Over 8.57 lakh encroachers are occupying more than 5,404 sq km of land across Assam, the state assembly was informed on Friday. Of them, 2.12 lakh are landless people, 1.24 lakh are from the minority community and 31,839 are erosion-hit people. In a written reply to a query by Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Jogen Mohan said a total of 8,57,060 people are living on government, forest, wetland, Satra and railway lands across the state. Sharing a table, the minister said these people include at least 2,11,698 landless people, 31,839 erosion-affected, 1,03,422 from the economically weaker section, 68,981 Scheduled Castes, 77,616 Scheduled Tribes, 1,21,089 from the general category and 1,24,150 from the minority community. The table further termed 1,18,265 people in Charaideo and Dhemaji as encroachers, but did not elaborate on their class, caste or community. Mohan said these people have encroached more than 40,39,450 bighas (over 5,404

Shubhashish Homes buys 2.2 acres of land in Mansarovar Extension, Jaipur

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Alliance Group firm buys 96.5-acre land; to invest Rs 3,600 cr in township

Realty firm Urbanrise, an Alliance Group company, has acquired a 96.5 acre land parcel at Tambaram, Chennai from Reliance Capital and will invest Rs 3,600 crore to develop a township project. The company said in a statement that it will develop a mega township project on the land parcel that has a "development potential of 13 million square feet with an expected revenue of Rs 7,000 crore." The company, however, did not disclose the financial details of the transaction. Urbanrise said it has been acquiring large tracts of land in premium locations across Bengaluru, Chennai, and Hyderabad markets to expand its business. Manoj Namburu, Chairman and MD of Alliance Group and Urbanrise said the Tambaram locality is fast emerging as a commercial-cum-residential hub of Chennai. "We are looking at developing an integrated township with world-class amenities..," he added. Alliance Group is one of the leading real estate firms in South India that has delivered over 7,500 homes. The organisa

Buy from rightful owner, don't trip up on titles when investing in a plot

With prices on the upswing, a judiciously chosen plot can yield higher return than an apartment

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Land lease continuity for Rail landholders, more clarity for Concor sale

Latest Railways circular also offers details on various terms of the new 'land lease policy' approved by Cabinet last month; existing landholders can extend their lease for up to another 35 years

What is the floor area ratio?

The demolition of illegal towers in Noida sullied the builder's image. It circumvented rules, changed the floor area ratio in collusion with corrupt officials. But, what is floor area ratio?

Over 100 hectares govt land worth Rs 1.5 bn freed from encroachers in MP

Over 100 hectares of govt land worth over Rs 1.5 bn has been freed from clutches of the land mafia in Orchha, a tourist town in Madhya Pradesh Niwari district bordering UP, a senior official said

Karnataka slams the brakes on its decision to sell land to JSW Steel

The BJP-led Karnataka Cabinet made the U-turn following widespread criticism from MLAs of its own party and several petitions pending in various courts

Ten states could amend land lease laws by end-March

Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are also in the process of amending the decades-old land lease laws

Who will buy 4,000 acres of PSU land coming up for sale?

Govt remains undecided on allowing private players to bid for PSUs' last precious resources