The article by Michael Levien, in
The Hindu published on 4th feb “dispossession, development and democracy,
“raises many relevant concerns confronting the land owning class of India after
the passage of the Ordinance meant to
dilute many provisions of LARR. Any
development model should incorporate the principle of equity through
inclusiveness . But the Indian “model of
development,” followed in recent decades has only enriched the corporate sector
at the expense of the land owning class.
Moreover, is it not waste of public money, parliament’s time when, a core legislation like LARR passed by the
previous government “with bipartisan support after seven years of public debate
and revision,” is diluted through an Ordinance? Is it not true that the windfall
profits accrue only the buyers of vast stretches of land for various purposes including non
development purposes and not to the land owners?
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