Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
An uptick in the sale of land to non-residents has sparked widespread concern about employment, food security and increased stress on natural resources.
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An uptick in the sale of land to non-residents has sparked widespread concern about employment, food security and increased stress on natural resources.
For months, residents in the Himalayan foothills of Uttarakhand have been fighting for the introduction of land laws that would prevent agricultural land from being sold to people from outside the state. These protests come at a time of transition in Uttarakhand. As infrastructure and business development for tourism increase, the region has seen an […]
Andhra Pradesh had in 2019 passed a law that gave the government right to reserve at least 75% jobs for local candidates in private sector and public-private partnership companies
The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday evening