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India: The Assam Real Estate and Infrastructure Developers' Association (AREIDA) says that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has appointed an officer to investigate ‘unjustified’ rises in the price of cement. The AREIDA had filed a case with the CCI against Star, Topcem and Dalmia Cements in September 2016, according to the Assam Tribune newspaper. After a preliminary inquiry, the CCI had registered a case against the three companies with Case No. 77/2016, under Section 19 (1) (a) of the Competitions Act 2002, for violation of Sections 3 and 4 of the Act.

India: The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), a local residents association in Assam, laid claim to land that belongs to a cement manufacturing company in Assam, India, on 24 January 2014.

KMSS chief, Akhil Gogoi, claimed that Topcem India Ltd had breached an agreed land occupancy by possessing the 55,100m² of farmland. A panel will prepare a list of farmers, to whom the land will be distributed, by the end of January 2014.

The KMSS has also threatened to occupy land belonging to another cement company. The Federation of Industry and Commerce of the North East Region has condemned the move.