New Delhi: With several government agencies including the Railways seeking its land for their use, the Defence Ministry has made it clear that it has no surplus land to share with others and needs additional land to keep up with the demands of the armed forces.
Making a detailed presentation before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence recently, top officials of the Defence Ministry said there is "no surplus land" and certain land has been kept vacant for "operational reasons".
It said the three armed services have projected requirement for additional land.
The officials said camping grounds and abandoned airfields are being used for mobilisation and training, and some have been kept for "future use"....
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10:25 AM, Jul 22, 2012
Mumbai: An internal report of the Defence Ministry has dismissed the findings of the judicial commission's interim report into the Adarsh Housing Society scam in Maharashtra. Mumbai's infamous tower of deceit, the Adarsh Housing Society, has now turned into a flashpoint pitting the Defence Ministry against the Maharashtra government. A state government-appointed judicial commission concluded that the land on which the building stands belongs to the state. The Army said...
10:19 AM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday carried out raids in Jammu, Srinagar, Patna and Delhi regarding a defence land scam in Srinagar. A new case was registered after a preliminary enquiry against a Defence Estates Officer (DEO) of 1997 batch, and others showed that a No Objection Certificate (NOC) was given to private persons to sell/build on defence land sprawling several acres. The CBI has named...
09:40 AM, May 11, 2012
Pune: President Pratibha Patil decided to give up the proposed post-retirement bungalow being constructed in Pune after allegations of grabbing defence land. The activists who highlighted the violations have claimed victory but the President said she was pained at such baseless allegations. Retired defence officers in Pune congratulated each other and were triumphant that their protest against the allotment of the plot of defence land in the Khadki area to...
07:43 PM, Apr 28, 2012
Member of 'Justice for Jawans', Colonel SK Patil said he believed President Pratibha Patil was innocent in the defence land case. ...
02:48 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil on Friday decided to give up her proposed post-retirement accommodation in Pune. Her decision came after allegations by RTI activists that the bungalow was being built on defence land in violation of norms. After a furore on social media platforms on the excess land allotted to Patil, the President's office announced that she will forego the land. The defence plot in Khadkee hit controversy after...
07:34 AM, Apr 28, 2012
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11:32 PM, Apr 27, 2012
While an RTI plea showed that a defence land was allotted to President Pratibha Patil, her office denied any land grab. ...
11:52 PM, Apr 12, 2012
New Delhi: There is a fresh controversy surrounding defence land allotted to President Pratibha Patil in Pune. An RTI application filed by former defence officers has shown that her post-retirement bungalow is being built on defence land far in excess of what is sanctioned under the rules. The President's office has, however, denied that any rules were flouted. Families of jawans have been living in cramped private quarters because there...
11:16 PM, Apr 12, 2012
New Delhi: An RTI disclosure has revealed that President Pratibha Patil has been allotted defence land, the size of which is six times more than she's eligible for, in Pune to construct a bungalow. The President has been allotted 2,61,00 sq ft of defence land in the Khadki cantonment area. Former defence personnel have protested this alleging that there is insufficient land for defence personnel and their families. An RTI...
10:09 AM, Apr 12, 2012
Pune: The CBI has filed a case against two retired Army officials including a Lt Gen and a private builder for alleged cheating and criminal misconduct in settling a dispute involving defence land in Pune. The CBI case comes after a complaint by the Defence Ministry. According to the CBI, retired Lt Gen Thamburaj, and retired Defence Estate Officer SR Nayyar showed undue favors to Pune-based Kalpataru builders. The company...
10:46 AM, Feb 01, 2012
New Delhi: In the wake of Adarsh housing society and Sukhna land scams the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has put the Defence Ministry's land record management systems under the scanner. The CAG says that there have been large scale discrepancies in land records, which could result in further encroachments and land grabs on Defence Land. The audit reiterated that while there is no centralized record of defence land. Atleast...
08:56 AM, Mar 26, 2011
The Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam is not the only case involving defence land. One such scam has taken place on the outskirts of Delhi too where 300 acres of land meant for defence personnel has still not been handed over to them. More than 280 families have been fighting for nearly a decade. ...
11:05 AM, Nov 12, 2010
After Sukna, there are allegations that prime defence land in Mumbai is being handed over to a housing society. ...
02:34 PM, Apr 07, 2010
