ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LAND ACQUISITION AND R&R ACT, 2013: SELL-OUT OR PAYBACK TIME?

Persis Ginwalla[1]

Sagar Rabari[2]

The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (RFCTLARR, hereafter referred to as LARR 2013) was the culmination of decades of struggle by people’s movements against arbitrariness, injustice and land grab. It appeared that people’s voice was finally reaching the portals of power. And although the Act did not cede the power of eminent domain in favour of the people, there were, nevertheless, some rather progressive elements there.

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