Minutes of the Consultation on Land Policy and R&R issues related to Land reforms of the country
Dates : Sep 30 – Oct 02, 2012
(Organized jointly by Sambhaavnaa and ICAN)
Presentation by SP Shukla
1. We are fighting battles on grounds chosen by the Government, there is no way we can succeed. The battle at Noida was more for the price of land ie not only should I get more, I should get a share in the profits.
2. Land Aquisition is part of a bigger problem facing India the net result of market based instrumentality are 90 times that of the Government based instrumentality and 21/2 time what land distribution tried to do.
3. While the British period had to deal with famine, deprivation and immiserisation, the scale on which displacement has taken place post British and the callousness of the Government in dealing with this is unprecedented.
4. Number of technical improvements exist , Sattelite technology for instance can make agriculture more efficient if taken to the masses.
5. Need to deal with the wider question of land use and land use policy in this country. The fact that land is on the State list list cannot be an excuse.
6. How can the tremendous flow of money into land through FDI ( which is only jacking up the prices and not adding anything to the GDP ), be stopped ? Building is now in the hands of Multinationals, this was not the case just 15 years ago.
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Downloads :-
Bill for Land gives true value
Natural Resources and Governance
Concept Note on Natural Resources for ICAN