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Land acquisition is the power of the union or a state government in India to take private land for public, and to compensate the original owners and other persons affected due to such acquisition. [ 1 ]
The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (also Land Acquisition Act, 2013 or LARR Act [1] or RFCTLARR Act [2]) is an Act of Indian Parliament that regulates land acquisition and lays down the procedure and rules for granting compensation, rehabilitation and resettlement to the affected persons in India.
Land acquisition in India is currently governed by the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, which came into force on 1 January 2014. [14] Until 2013, land acquisition in India was governed by Land Acquisition Act of 1894. [15]
Private builders grabbed 400 acres land from farmers at throwaway price based on the threat of acquisition by the government. [4] Once this land was bought by the builders, Hooda government released this land from the acquisition process in the favor of builders instead of the original owners. [4]
The Land Acquisition Act of 1894 [6] was a comprehensive law enacted in British India. This Act of 1894 is the basis for Indian government's current procedures for land acquisition for public purpose. The Land Acquisition Act of 1894 has been controversial and was challenged in the past.
Ashok Khemka, a senior Indian Administrative Service officer in of Haryana known for exposing corruption and for cancelling the mutation of Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's illegal land deal in Gurgaon, [7] [8] [9] had written to Chief Minister and Chief Secretary of Haryana to seek the CBI investigation, with the findings that both Rohtak and Sonipat land scams were more blatant than ...
Builders try to acquire this land by offering a small premium above the government's rate for the acquisition of the land. If landowners farmers still resist the sale, then Section 6 of land law is applied by declaring the government's intention to acquire land, which forces the reluctant farmers to sell the land to builders at small premium.
Land conflict in India is present in 45% of the districts of the country. [1] The conflict is spread over a number of sectors such as infrastructure, power, industry and forestry. [ 1 ] 25% of all disputes resolved by the Supreme Court of India are related to land disputes and land acquisition. [ 2 ]