Development-induced Displacement, Rehabilitation and Resettlement in India

Introduction 1. Development-induced displacement, Rehabilitation and Resettlement: current issues and challenges Sakarama Somayaji and Smrithi Talwar Part 1: Critical examination of India's rehabilitation, resettlement and land acquisition normative framework 2. Land Acquisition Act, 1894: Historical overview of judicial interpretation Ram Mohan and M.V. Shiju 3. Rehabilitation and Resettlement of Displaced Persons: Acritical examination of the national policy and proposed bill K.B. Saxena 4. Thinking out of the Box - A Critique of the Land Acquisition Bill 2007 Vasudha Dhagamwar Part 2: Applicability of existing normative framework in specific jurisdictions (case studies) 5. Land Acquisition and Determination of Land Price: A critical appraisal of the existing and proposed normative framework as applied in Singrauli District, Madhya Pradesh Vivek Porwal and Shashi Singh 6. Compulsory Land Acquisition in Orissa: Policy and Praxis Sujit Kumar Mishra 7. Mining induced displacement: case of aluminium refinery in Andhra Pradesh Prajna Paramita Mishra and M. Gopinath Reddy 8. Whither National Policy on Displacement and Rehabilitation? A sociological perspective based on a case study from Karnataka Ganesha Somayaji and Ramesh Mangalekar 9. From Rice Bowl to Industrial Grazing Lands: compulsory land acquisition in Chhatisgarh Ramesh Chandra Sharma and Sheeba Choudhr 10. Development, Displacement and Rehabilitation: The context of tribes in central India Joseph Marianus Kujur 11. Appendix 1: Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, 2007 12. Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2007