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    Land Conversion Case Leads to Revenue Inspector Arrest

    Bhubaneswar, March 29 Odisha Vigilance officials arrested a revenue inspector on Sunday for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 13,000 from a person for the conversion of his land.Revenue Inspector Rajuram Bandra allegedly demanded the bribe from the landowner in exchange for submitting a...
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    Maharashtra Assembly Passes Bills to Streamline Land Revenue Processes

    Mumbai, March 24 – The Maharashtra Assembly passed the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code (Second Amendment) Bill 2026 on Tuesday, unanimously. This bill delegates powers to district collectors and divisional commissioners to regularize minor breaches of conditions, ensuring that 90 per cent of cases...
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    Goa Assembly Session: Opposition Raises Concerns on Bills

    Panaji, March 13 Opposition MLAs protested in the Goa assembly on Friday after Speaker Ganesh Gaonkar disallowed them from introducing their private member's bills.The House was adjourned three times as Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao, Congress MLAs Carlos Alvares Ferreira and Altone D'Cruz...
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    Maharashtra Revenue Minister Announces Modernization Plan

    Mumbai, March 11 – The Maharashtra government announced on Wednesday that the land survey process in the state will now be completed within 30 days, down from the previous 60- to 90-day window.Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule made this announcement in the Legislative Assembly on...
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    Aravalli Mountains: Soil Loss Increases Despite Forest Growth

    New Delhi, March 11 Built-up areas in India's Aravalli range have increased by 53 percent, resulting in a 13.8 percent increase in average soil loss per year between 2017 and 2024, even as forest cover has increased in the country's oldest mountain range over that period, a study has found...
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    Maharashtra to Deploy Surveyors to Speed Land Measurement

    Mumbai, March 10 Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said on Tuesday that the state government will appoint 200 licensed private surveyors to expedite pending land measurement cases, and they will begin fieldwork from March 30.Speaking in the state assembly, Bawankule said...
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    Land Conversion Controversy: MLAs Seek Emergency Assembly Debate

    Panaji, February 26 Opposition legislators in Goa met Governor P Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Thursday, requesting him to convene a special session of the assembly to discuss a controversial provision of the Town and Country Planning Act.MLA Viresh Borkar of the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) has...
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    Goa Dispute: CM Appeals as MLA Upholds Land Use Protest

    Panaji, February 25 Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that RGP MLA Viresh Borkar has decided to continue his protest against the alleged misuse of land-use rules, despite requests from him to call off the agitation.The protest by the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) legislator entered its...
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    Hunger Strike in Goa Over Tribal Land Conversion Dispute

    Panaji, February 24 Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant was unable to persuade RGP MLA Viresh Borkar to end his fast-unto-death demanding the repeal of a provision in the Town and Country Planning Act that allows the conversion of land in tribal areas into a "settlement zone."Sawant met the...
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    Kerala Village Assistant Arrested for Land Conversion Bribe

    Kollam (Kerala), February 21 A village assistant was apprehended by the VACB on Saturday while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 here for processing a land conversion application, officials said.The accused, Muhammed Khan, a native of Pattom in Thiruvananthapuram, reportedly demanded...
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    Government Abolishes Non-Agricultural Tax in Maharashtra

    Mumbai, February 11 The Maharashtra Government has scrapped the requirement of obtaining separate 'NA' permission while converting agricultural land for non-agricultural use, Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said on Wednesday.Approval for the building plan granted by the Town Planning...
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