Tag Search: “Land”
Land acquisition, industrialisation, and displaced households
Does industrialisation on acquired land benefit those displaced? Evaluating the long-term livelihood effects of the first Special Economic Zone in the state of West Bengal, this column finds that the...
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Saumik Paul
Vengadeshvaran J. Sarma
01 July, 2015
- Articles
Land acquisition debate: The price is not right
The central government’s move to amend the 2013 land acquisition Act has come under criticism for being ‘anti-farmer’. In this article, Maitreesh Ghatak and Parikshit Ghosh argue that while the amend...
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Maitreesh Ghatak
Parikshit Ghosh
31 March, 2015
- Perspectives
Land Shackled - II
Rising land scarcity and land market distortions are increasingly becoming a binding constraint on development in India. In their previous article, Kapur, Somanathan and Subramanian diagnosed India’s...
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Devesh Kapur
T.V. Somanathan
Arvind Subramanian
22 October, 2014
- Perspectives
Land Shackled
Rising land scarcity and land market distortions are increasingly becoming a binding constraint on development in India. In the first of a two-part series, Kapur, Somanathan and Subramanian diagnose ...
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Devesh Kapur
T.V. Somanathan
Arvind Subramanian
17 October, 2014
- Perspectives
The new land law: Are the states up to the challenge?
In the third part of the land law debate, Ram Singh asserts that the Act is biased against projects of state governments, and emphasises the need for states to undertake long overdue land reforms. He...
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Ram Singh
25 October, 2013
- Perspectives
The Land Acquisition Act is deeply flawed
In the second part of the Land Acquisition Act debate, Ghatak and Ghosh argue that the legislation is ill-conceived and falls short on several counts. They contend that the formula for compensation is...
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Maitreesh Ghatak
Parikshit Ghosh
23 October, 2013
- Perspectives
A second debate on the Land Acquisition Act
Of all the recently enacted parliamentary legislations, none is more important for industrial investment and growth than the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilita...
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Varad Pande
21 October, 2013
- Perspectives
A 'new' land reform policy in India?
The Ministry of Rural Development has recently issued a draft of a new National Land Reform Policy. In this article, Dilip Mookherjee discusses the key features, and presents his views on the pros an...
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Dilip Mookherjee
11 October, 2013
- Perspectives
Litigation over Eminent Domain Compensation
In the recent past, use of Eminent Domain to acquire land for developmental purposes has become highly controversial. Several parts of India have experienced violent protests against the compulsory ac...
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Ram Singh
01 September, 2013
- IGC Research on India
The Land Acquisition Bill
Will the new Land Acquisition Bill make protests like those in Singur and Bhatta-Parsaul a thing of the past? Will it make land acquisition so expensive and difficult that the pace of industrialisati...
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Parikshit Ghosh
Shri Vallabh Goyal
Dilip Mookherjee
Abhirup Sarkar
26 April, 2013
- Symposium
The Land Acquisition Bill
Will the new Land Acquisition Bill make protests like those in Singur and Bhatta-Parsaul a thing of the past? Will it make land acquisition so expensive and difficult that the pace of industrialisati...
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Parikshit Ghosh
Shri Vallabh Goyal
Dilip Mookherjee
Abhirup Sarkar
26 April, 2013
- Symposium
Potato Traders in West Bengal: A Survey of Contractual Relations and Market Structure
This study consists of a pilot survey of a random subset of phorias (middlemen) and larger traders who operate in 72 villages of West Medinipur and Hugli districts in West Bengal and their correspondi...
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Pushkar Maitra
Sandip Mitra
Dilip Mookherjee
Alberto Motta
Sujata Visaria
01 December, 2012
- IGC Research on India