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India approves emergency orders to ease land acquisition rules

Projects worth US$300b held up by restrictive law passed by former Congress govt

Published Mon, Dec 29, 2014 · 09:50 PM
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THE Indian government passed an ordinance - an urgent executive order - on Monday to ease land acquisition rules in sectors like power, housing and defence to kick-start hundreds of billions of dollars in stalled projects, although investments are unlikely to flow in immediately.

Restrictions on buying land, under a law cham…

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