More than 5,000 acres of government land may go up for sale soon

In a major step aimed at the post Covid-19 scenario, the government is planning to open up more than 5,000 acres of land for sale to corporate entities. The plots of land of several Central Public Sector Enterprises slated to be closed will soon be available for private corporates.

In what could be described as a major fillip to the Atma Nirbhar Bharat mission, the government is planning to dispose of land owned by several CPSES, including HMT Chinar Watches, Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd, Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Ltd, Hindustan Cables Ltd, Tungabhadra Steel Products, Hindustan

Organic Chemicals Ltd, Andaman & Nicobar Forest & Plantation Ltd.

Sources said that in a followup measure of the Cabinet decision of closing down 19 sick CPSES, a Committee of Secretaries’ meeting was held recently under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary R.K. Gauba. The meeting was also attended by Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kanth and top bureaucrats of various government bodies.

In the meeting, it was discussed that out of the total of 19, two CPSES have already been closed, while in the case of 17 other CPSES, they were mired in issues related to the disposal of land, contractual problems with the land managing authority, Nocs from

In reply to an RTI, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has provided information on Kashmiri Pandits and the relief and rehabilitation packages being given to these internally displaced persons, which however, do not seem adequate. Replying to an RTI application filed by civil rights activist Prafful Sarda on Kashmiri Pandits, the MHA has revealed that a total of 64,827 migrants left Jammu and Kashmir due to the onset of militancy in 1990s. The RTI sought specific information on the welfare of Kashmiri Pandits. As per the Govat