Infrastructure

While a lot has been researched about land issues and the land relations has been explored and continues to get explored by academicians, journalists and civil society actors, an in depth understanding of land acquisition processes and practices is needed. With changing land relations and developments surrounding land laws it is of immense importance to see how land acquisition is being performed in everyday affairs by land acquisition and revenue bureaucracy.

Publications

  • nishant
    January 28, 2020

    Consumed by Demand

    Despite that the operational metro projects are showing massive deficit from projected ridership estimates and the claimed environmental benefits are nowhere close to being realized, metro projects are already being pushed for another 30 cities.
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  • prcindia
    May 10, 2019

    लोकतंत्र और विकास का वर्तमान परिदृश्य

    आज झारखण्ड की सरकार देश और दुनिया के पूंजीपतियों के लिए “मोमेंटम झारखण्ड” का मेला लगाती है जहां झारखण्ड के संसाधानों की लूट के लिए बोली लगवाई जाती है। जो लोग इसके खिलाफ़ आवाज उठाते हैं उन्हें राष्ट्रद्रोही घोषित करके जेलों में बंद कर दिया जाता है। दूसरी ओर आदिवासियों के लिए सुरक्षा कवच बने कानूनों को भी पूंजीनिवेश के नाम पर पूंजीपतियों के हित में बदला जा रहा है।
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Events

  • prcindia
    March 11, 2021

    Sinking Cities: River, City and Politics of Water

    People’s Resource Centre invites you to an online dialogue on the theme “Sinking Cities: River, City and Politics of water” to discuss how cities can become more responsible towards the rivers. Cities across India are threatened by an extreme water crisis. In recent years, cities […]
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Blogs

  • prcindia
    April 1, 2021

    Letter to LG of Delhi regarding Master Plan of Delhi-2041

    New Delhi, April 1, 2021 To Hon’ble Lt. Governor of Delhi Re: Requesting recognition and inclusion of farming in Master Plan of Delhi 2041 In the context of the ongoing process of preparing the Master Plan of Delhi-2041, we would like to share with you […]
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  • prcindia
    February 12, 2021

    Delhi and Its ‘Unseen’ Fisherfolks

    [This article written by Akshita Rawat was originally published in The Wire. For readability purposes, the text is being reproduced here.] Developmental priorities have played a direct role in the deterioration of the Yamuna and have made it consistently difficult for the fisherpeople to co-exist […]
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