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the rehabilitation law. “The trial court does not have the power to rewrite an act, it can only interpret thesame,” he said, adding that the court even after saying that a part of the act was vague, “declared it wasvalid”. Hearing will continue tomorrow. (The Telegraph 9/11/11)'Cops probing mass killing led Nandigram firing' (4)Nandigram: Trinamool strongman Subhendu Adhikary on Thursday alleged that some police officersinvolved in the March 14, 2007, police firing in Nandigram and now posted in the CID have been roped into probe the November 10, 2007, killings during CPM's operation Suryaday to recapture the village. At ameeting in Nandigram, the Trinamool MP said people of Nandigram were unhappy with the CID probe sofar. He alleged that present CID special superintendent Debashish Boral had led policemen from the frontduring the March 14 firing from Gokulnagar itself. Also, said Adhikary, then OC-ranked officer and presentCID SI Rathin Bakshi had ordered the firing from Khejuri's Janani brickfield area. Sharing the dais withAdhikary at a meeting to mark Shahid Diwas was Bhumi Uchhed Protirodh Committee (BUPC) leaderSheikh Khusnabi. The BUPC leader regretted Mamata Banerjee's absence on a day the villageremembers those killed by CPM harmads four years ago. The then ruling party had allegedly sent armedharmads to launch the 'operation' as Trinamool Congress and the BUPC held sway over Nandigram sincethe death of 14 people in the March 14 firing. Subhendu was addressing the meeting at Karpara inNandigram's Gokulnagar village on the fourth Shahid Diwas to observe the November 10 killing of twomen. Seven others went missing after armed harmads raided different areas in Nandigram to recapturethem during the CPM operation. They allegedly raped several women in Nandigram villages and injuredmany Trinamool and BUPC supporters. Families of the seven missing in 'operation Suryaday' recentlyfiled a habeas corpus petition in Calcutta high court seeking that their kin be traced by the state, whetherdead or alive. The court ordered the CID to probe the November 10 incident and asked the investigatingagency to submit a report before it on November 17. CID sleuths began the probe and arrested CPMKhejuri panchayat member Ajit Bar on November 3. The involvement of these "guilty'' police officers in theCID probe, said Adhikary, had raised doubts among Nandigram residents about whether the stategovernment would act against the CPM leaders, harmads as well as policemen involved in eitheroperation Suryaday or the March 14 firing. "There are several eyewitnesses who would swear that CPMleader and former MP Lakshman Seth and other leaders of that party in Khejuri were involved inoperation Suryaday. Yet, there is no move by the CID to nail them. While the present state government istrying to create a clean administration, I don't think these tainted CID officers can unearth the truth andtake action against guilty CPM men and policemen involved in operation Suryaday," said Adhikary.Regretting mamata's absence from Nandigram on this day, BUPC's Khusnabi recalled her speech duringthe assembly poll campaign. "She had said winds of change were blowing in the state because of theNandigram movement. But instead of being with us on this day of sorrow, she is happily at theinauguration of the film festival," he said. (Times of India 11/11/11)No compensation enough for loss of land: Trivedi (4)Furfura Sharif (WB): Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Sunday admitted that no compensation wasenough for loss of land, but said Railways was providing employment to one member of each familyaffected by a railway project so that "their life goes on". "Land is life. Just as no compensation is enoughfor the loss of life, likewise, there cannot be enough compensation for loss of land," he said laying thefoundation for the 19.5 km-long Furfura-Dankuni railway line project. Loss of land cannot be compensatedwith employment. "But life has to go on. That is why our leader Mamata Banerjee during her tenure asRailway Minister had taken up a model for the entire country that one member of the land loser familieswould be given employment," he said. Appointment letters were handed over during the day to 18landowners of Dankuni who gave their land for the Railway project, he said. Dankuni Furfura Sharif, hometo a Muslim shrine in Hooghly district, is not far from Singur from where Banerjee began her campaignagainst land acquisition. Trivedi said Banerjee had allocated funds for the project during her tenure asRailway Minister. "Our leader has asked me to tell you that the survey work will be done in three months.We will try to complete the project in 18 months," he said. (Zee News 13/11/11)Industry against proposed law on land acquisition (4)MUMBAI, November 14, 2011: If the proposed law on acquisition of land is passed, it will be a setback toindustrial, infrastructure and urbanization projects, business leaders said at the World Economic Forum's
India Economic Forum on Monday. Representatives of industry criticised many provisions of the law,including its mandate on purchase price to be several times the current market rate, the provision thatbuyers are responsible for rehabilitation and resettlement of those displaced, including giving them ashare of equity or jobs for 26 years. “We believe it is not fair. If there is forcible land acquisition, it shouldbe difficult and expensive,” said Priya Hiranandani-Vandrevala, Founder and Chairman, Hirco Group,said, adding that it was unfair that the same provisions on pricing and rehabilitation should apply whenland is sold voluntarily. The Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, applies if morethan 50 acres of urban land or 100 acres of rural land is being acquired. Ajit Gulabchand, Chairman andManaging Director, Hindustan Construction Company, planned its proposal that the consent of 80 percent of those likely to be affected should be achieved before the purchase takes place, explaining thatland ownership is so fragmented and titles so unclear that this provision can extend the process of landpurchase indefinitely. Ratnakar Yashwant Gaikwad, Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra,asserted that most projects were built on marginal, unirrigated and infertile lands, and the only way tocreate jobs to absorb the excess rural workforce was to expand the manufacturing sector. PrashantBangur, Executive President, Shree Cement, said the Bill needed to inject an element of certainty andfinality in land buyers' responsibilities, arguing that it is counterproductive to guarantee a job to thedisplaced for 26 years, as they would have no motivation to be productive. Mr. Gulabchand demandedthat the land acquisition bill should be transferred from the jurisdiction of the Ministry of RuralDevelopment to the Ministry of Law. He also argued that the onus of rehabilitation should not be on thebuyer but on the government. “If the bill in its present form is passed, there will be no development in thecountry for the next 100 years,” he said. (The Hindu 14/11/11)Only 18 of 104 approved SEZs in state operational (4)MUMBAI: The Centre has circulated a comprehensive paper on proposed policy changes relating to landrequirement for SEZs. "We have to submit our suggestions to the Centre," a senior state bureaucrat toldTOI. He said if the proposed changes were accepted, then Maharashtra would be the biggest beneficiary,since quite a large number of SEZs had been held up owing to non-availability of contiguous land.According to a senior bureaucrat, a month ago when the ministry of commerce reviewed the SEZ policy, itwas found that a mere 143 of the 583 approved SEZs had commenced operations. "The Centre broughtin the comprehensive policy in 2006, mainly to boost exports, but it appears that during the last five years,the performance of most of the SEZs was dismal and quite a large number of entrepreneurs havesubmitted applications for denotification," he said. In Maharashtra, out of 143 approved proposals, 27have submitted applications for withdrawal on the ground that in view of the changed economic situation,there was no scope for development of SEZs. The Centre found that non-availability of non-doublecropped, contiguous and vacant land, lack of attractiveness in the SEZ in face of the changed fiscalregime, absence of single window system, large number of states not having an SEZ policy or Act toenable provision of the benefits envisaged under the SEZ act, issue of constraints leading to slow pace ofdevelopment of infrastructure within the SEZs and complete lack of external support were the mainreasons for dismal performance of the SEZs and spurt in number of applications for denotification. "Inview of the piquant situation, the Centre has now proposed potential reforms in the SEZ policy andoperating framework. In fact, it has sought the view of all state governments on the proposed reforms toensure that SEZs continue to attract investments," the bureaucrat said. On the performance of theoperational SEZs, the bureaucrat said Gujarat, with a total export of Rs 1.47 lakh crore leads the list,followed by Karnataka (Rs 46,718 crore), Tamil Nadu (Rs 43,704 crore) and Maharashtra (Rs 19,480crore). Significantly, out of the 104 approved SEZs in Maharashtra, only 18 have gone into production,against Gujarat's 45 approved and 13 in production. (Times of India 15/11/11)SEZs to play major role in development of Andhra Pradesh : Chief Minister (4)Hyderabad, Nov 15 : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has said that SpecialEconomic Zones (SEZs) will be playing a major role in the development of the state and in the next threeyears an employment of 50 lakh will be generated in the state. Speaking after gaving away annualExports Awards to the EOUs, SEZ units and SEZ Developers, yesterday, for their performance for theyears 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10, organised by Vishakapatnam SEZ and Export Promotion Councilfor EOUS and SEZs (EPCES) Regional Council, here he said to understand the problems and challengesfaced by SEZs, he would be visiting personally to the SEZs very shortly so that the government to supportin all possible ways. Around 84 awards were given to 45 companies for their excellence in terms of
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