India fails the displaced
Asian Center for Human Rights analyzes the land acquisition and rehabilitation laws and its impact on communities in India.
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On 11 February 2008, the Indian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development invited comments on the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, 2007 and the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2007 to be submitted by 22 February 2008! As the North East Regional Consultation on the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, 2007 & the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2007 held in Guwahati on 16-17 February 2008 observed this is not the proper way to seek comments on blatantly flawed Bills. India once again fails those who give their the last means of survival i.e. the lands for the development of the "others", in the name of "public purpose".
Posted by collective at March 10, 2008 09:47 AM
