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Land Acquisition Policy in India
Abstract: Of the total 3,287,240 sq km land of India, 60 % of land is under cultivation. India has been an agriculture dominating country before the reforms. But as the economy opened up, India started developing fast. This required infrastructure development, industries, educational institutions, SEZs, etc. All of this necessitated acquisition of ‘Land’ which was under agriculture or forest. Taking away agricultural land makes farmers unhappy, and taking away forest land destroys ecology. Also many people depend on forests for their livelihood. Now the issue comes ‘how should we effectively allocate the land for agriculture, industries, and infrastructure, for inclusive growth’. Existing ‘Land Acquisition Act in India’ is not at all in congruence with India’s policy of inclusive growth. This has led to several issues in the past like Singur,Nandigram, POSCO,etc. In this paper we evaluate the ideas of some of the researchers for a good Land acquisition bill. We also present what is there in LARR,2011. The paper concludes by giving recommendations from author.
Land Acquisition Policy in India: Towards a Pragmatic stance
History:

Issues with current legislation: | Capitalists | Socialists | Strong compensation policy | Discourages investors | Good for land owners | Govt should be able to acquire land for private investors | Will be helpful for society as it will lead to social development | Forceful usurping of land from poor farmers | More land to be converted to industrial | Will boost industrial growth of the country | Will harm the poor farmers | More industries | Provide employment to the previous land owners | Will take away the employment of many dependents – direct as well as indirect | What farmers do | Holding out | Exploitation by government in payment of prices | Value of land | Farmers overvalue their land | Government does not value their natural resources |

LARR,2011: Main features of LARR are: * The

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