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The Calcutta Improvement Act – 1911-The Calcutta Improvement Act came into force on the 2nd January 1912. The Calcutta Improvement Trust (now Kolkata Improvement Trust) set up under the Calcutta Improvement Act, 1911 has played a major role in improving the urban […]

In the early part of the twentieth century, town planning was considered a part of municipal functions. The problems of town improvement were, both in their scope and complexity, such that they could be handled by the municipal administration within […]

City Improvement acts Town Planning act Town and Improvement trust acts Town and country planning acts 1.The City of Bombay Improvement Act (Repealed in 1925) 1898 2.The City of Mysore Improvement Act 1903 3.The Calcutta Improvement Act 1911 4.The Bombay […]

ACTS, RULES & POLICIES: •Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 •Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Compensation, Rehabilitation and Resettlement and Development Plan) Rules, 2015. •RFCTLARR […]

India after Constitution came into force property right is recognized as a fundamental right under Articles 19(1)(f) and in 1978 (44th amendment) this right is abolished. However, in another part of the Constitution, Article 300 (A) was inserted to affirm […]

Our leaders had thought about the need for land reforms even prior to independence. For instance, the Agrarian Reforms Committee under Shri J.C.Kumarappa had given the guidelines for the formulation of land reform policies in the independent India. The committee […]

Land Revenue Systems in British India : The system of land  tenure was impossible to separate with the land revenue system.  There were various systems in existence, the most important being  the zamindari, ryotwari and mahalwari Zamindari System 1793 •Zamindari […]

Land administration is the way in which the rules of land tenure are applied and made operational. Land administration, whether formal or informal, comprises an extensive range of systems and processes to administer: land rights: the allocation of rights in […]

Town planning measures may affect the property interest of many individuals as town planning implies certain amount of control over the individual’s rights to use his ‘property’. Hence, community has to have adequate legal powers to enable it to enforce […]

Land tenure is the relationship, whether legally or customarily defined, among people, as individuals or groups, with respect to land. (For convenience, “land” is used here to include other natural resources such as water and trees.) Land tenure is an […]