New Delhi, November 26, 2007 (IANS): Two international rights organisations - Amnesty International India and Human Rights Watch - Monday announced they would send a joint team to Nandigram in West Bengal to assess the ground situation and make recommendations to authorities. Continue reading ‘International rights groups to visit Nandigram’
Monthly Archive for November, 2007
Mangalore, November 26, 2007: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is opposed to setting up Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in India at the cost of farmers, its leader and former Minister P.G.R. Sindhia has said. While there was a need to set up industries to address the problem of unemployment in the country, the move by the Centre to find a solution for it in SEZs, and acquiring fertile agriculture land and displacing farmers was wrong, he said. Continue reading ‘SEZs should not be at farmers’ cost: Sindhia’
National Strategy Meet against SEZ
19th & 20th December’07
Gandhi Peace Foundation
221/223 D.D.U Marg, New Delhi Continue reading ‘National Strategy Meet against SEZ’
Sudipto Mondal
Mangalore, november 25, 2007: The value of a number of residential buildings at Sankada Bali area of Kalavaru village has been fixed as “nil” after a survey by the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB). Continue reading ‘KIADB fixes ‘nil’ value for houses on SEZ-notified area’
Panaji, November 25, 2007: Members of the Goa’s Movement Against Special Economic Zones (GMAS), which is spearheading an agitation for scrapping of the proposed special economic zone (SEZ) projects in the State, on Friday went on a fast in the city in support of their demands. Continue reading ‘Protest against SEZs in Goa’
Bangalore, November 25, 2007: The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene will begin an agitation against the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the State. President of KRRS and Hasiru Sene Kodihalli Chandrashekar told presspersons here on Saturday that there was need to create a pan-Karnataka movement to bring pressure on the government to shelve the SEZ plans. Continue reading ‘KRRS plans stir against SEZs’
New Delhi, November 25, 2007 (PTI): In the backdrop of controversies over setting up of SEZs, the central government has unveiled a new policy which provides for discouraging acquisition of agricultural land for non-farming purposes and setting up a commission to look into resettlement aspects. Continue reading ‘Centre brings policy to protect agricultural lands’
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