Land Wars

In Jharkhand, Adivasis say changes to tenancy laws dilute their hard-won land rights

The state's Bharatiya Janata Party government has amended the land tenancy laws to allow agricultural land to be used for non-agricultural purposes.

Anumeha Yadav
· Feb 17, 2017 · 09:00 am
In Jharkhand, protests break out over changes to land tenancy law in Adivasi areas

The Bharatiya Janta Party government has amended the land tenancy laws to allow use of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes.

Anumeha Yadav
· Nov 27, 2016 · 07:00 am
Jharkhand’s coal conflicts show the lapse of land ordinance hasn’t doused the fire

While the Modi government's land ordinance got a lot of attention, the 13 central laws that are intensifying land conflicts have escaped scrutiny.

Anumeha Yadav
· Sep 23, 2015 · 09:15 am

BJP's claim that farmers would get four times the value of their land isn't true in its own states

Even if the controversial land acquisition ordinance is dropped, state governments could still chip away the compensation that farmers get.

Supriya Sharma
· Feb 24, 2015 · 06:58 pm