A safe landing for the landless in India

A safe landing for the landless in India

"Nearly half of the country's rural population is absolutely or relatively landless, according to the NationalLand Reform Policy Draft 2013 ...

6 Aug 2013

Promised land : more commitments should be done by the Indian government?

Promised land : more commitments should be done by the Indian government?

"Last October, the Ministry of Rural Development promised thousands of landless Jan Satyagraha agitators that it would draft a new land reforms ...

5 Aug 2013

Land Rights to Women National Land Reform Policy Draft 2013

Land Rights to Women National Land Reform Policy Draft 2013

"The Union Government of India proposed land reforms for acknowledging the women rights and giving the ownership to rural poor women, according to ...

30 Jul 2013

24 Jul 2013

Indian Goverment proposes a national land reform together with the task force set up after Jan Satyagraha

Indian Goverment proposes a national land reform together with the task force set up after Jan Satyagraha

Draft land reform policy proposes mechanisms to prepare a land use plan for every village, land rights for women.

22 Jul 2013

Indian Government finalises bill to provide roofs for homeless

Indian Government finalises bill to provide roofs for homeless

"(...) The bill said the right to home should be enforced within a time period as specified and in accordance with the plans to be made at the state-level and the district levels for the purpose.
It is the outcome of a 10-point agreement signed in Agra in October last year between the federal government and Gandhian activist PV Rajagopal of Ekta Parishad who had led an agitation of the landless poor.(...)"
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