UPA’s legacy: Food poison and land mines for next govt

The Land Acquisition Bill passed by the Lok Sabha yesterday (29 August 2013) is named the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Bill, 2012. Quite a mouthful, that, but a misnomer. It is nothing of the kind. It should actually be named the Politicians, Bureaucrats, Crony Capitalists and Rent-Seekers’ Right to Unjust Enrichment Bill, 2014, enacted in the name of the poor farmer ahead of the next elections.

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