The transition cannot take place if India’s farming-dependant population is given the choice to remain in rural hinterlands and practice agriculture
Until January 2014, when the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (RFCTLA) came into force, Indian farmers were at the mercy of the colonial era Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Under the older law, the state could forcibly acquire private land under a vaguely defined pretext of public purpose and while the land loser could go to court over rates of compensation, there was no question of her refusing to part with the land under any circumstances, and the law did not leave any scope for democratic consultation with or participation of those whose lands were being taken over.
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