Civic Issues
Six more airports on the fast track to being privatized
New Delhi: Driven by the pressure created by the upcoming general elections, UPA-II has finally decided to fast-track the privatization of Ahmedabad, Chennai, Lucknow, Kolkata, Guwahati and Jodhpur Airport Authority of India (AAI) airports. These airports would be functioning and operating under public private partnership (PPP) model. The Ministry of Aviation would begin issuing request […]
Land Acquisition Bill may result in De-Industrialisation, Losses to Farmers
A law will soon be framed based on the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Bill of 2011. The biggest contributors to this process would be the farmers as the political class would seek their loyalty in forgoing a part of their land in return for the privileges they enjoy like zero taxes and a […]
