Land Acquisition Act: A Neo-Liberal Version of its Colonial Counterpart?
1,486 views · Published 13 September 2013 · 13:42 · Indexed 6 November 2026
Channel: NewsClickin · 2013 · News & Politics
Even though the new Right to Fair Compensation And Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 looks good on paper, does it actually represent a sea change in land acquisition policies that our Government would have us believe? The neo-liberal Act continues to utilize outdated conceptions of 'eminent domain' to permit forcible acquisitions for a broad variety of purposes. In fact, it could be termed as nothing more than a Act to ease the transfer of land to private entities. Newsclick discusses with economist Smitha Gupta the flaws in the Act.
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