Exploring alternatives to land acquisition（探索土地征用的替代品）.pdf

Working Paper Series Exploring alternatives to land acquisition By Léna Chiaravalli Centre for Public Policy Research Door No 28/3656, 1st Floor, Sonoro Church Road Elamkulam, Kochi, Kerala, India 682020 Ph: +91 484 6469177, Fax: +91 0484 2323895 Email: cppr@cppr.in August 2012 ©Copyrights reserved Contents Contents 2 1. Abstract 3 2. Introduction 4 3. Background 5 3.1. The procedure for land acquisition 5 3.2. The major drawbacks of this practice 6 4. Proposed models 8 4.1. Land consolidation models, the potential for a win-win outcome 8 4.2. The applicability of land consolidation schemes in India 14 4.3. A successful case of land pooling practice in India: the story of Magarpatta 19 5. Conclusion 21 6. Bibliography 22 2 Centre for Public Policy Research 1. Abstract In India, the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 gives the right for Government authorities to acquire parcels of land for the implementation of development projects. In the context of a rapid growth of cities, the process of urbanisation shall accompany the needs of increasing populations. Thus, the Government tends to make use of his eminent domain power –the right to acquire land for a public purpose- very regularly. However, in practice, this process can imply the displacement of the affected landowners, whom are sometimes forced to give away their property in exchange of compensations. These events contributed to feed people‟s bitterness for this practice, and the prop