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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Mayawati announces new Land Acquisition Policy by Atiq Khan

Mayawati announces new Land Acquisition Policy by Atiq Khan

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published Published on Jun 3, 2011   modified Modified on Jun 3, 2011
Having had to face a series of farmers' protest and flak from Opposition parties over the acquisition of land for development and expressway projects in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Mayawati has announced that all future land transactions will be clinched directly between the farmers and the private developers by adopting a “consensual approach.”

“The role of the government now would be that of a facilitator only, limited to issuing a notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894,” the Chief Minister said while announcing the new Land Acquisition Policy of the State on Thursday.

This is the second such policy to be announced by the Mayawati regime in the last nine months; the earlier policy was declared on September 3, 2010.

The new policy will be implemented with prospective effect and will not apply to the acquisition of land made under the earlier policy. The announcement of the new policy followed a “kisan panchayat” addressed by the Chief Minister. The panchayat was attended by farmers' representatives from the Bharatiya Kisan Union, including its general secretary Rakesh Tikait, and those from Tappal and Bhatta and Parsaul.

Talks with farmers

Ms. Mayawati said the new policy had been framed after elaborate discussions with the farmers' representatives. “The new policy will be implemented with prospective effect, but any further suggestions made by the farmers will be added by issuing separate GOs,” Ms. Mayawati told reporters. Describing the new policy declared by her on Thursday, Ms. Mayawati claimed it would be better than the “proposed land acquisition policy of the UPA government.”

She said the land acquisition policy would be raised by the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the monsoon session of the Lok Sabha and if the Centre's policy was not announced the BSP would gherao Parliament.

The State's new Land Acquisition Policy has been divided into three parts. The first part deals with the direct transfer of land from farmers to private developers, with the State (district administration) playing the role of facilitator. The policy states that the land acquisition package will be prepared only after the terms and conditions have been approved by 70 per cent of the farmers whose land is to be acquired for the project. If 70 per cent of the farmers do not agree, the project proposal will be reconsidered.

The farmers have been given the option of taking 16 per cent of the land developed for the project along with annuity at the rate of Rs. 23,000 per acre for 33 years. The farmers can also opt for cash component in lieu of a portion of the 16 per cent developed land. The annuity rate has been increased from Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 23,000 per acre with an annual increase of Rs. 800 per acre. Farmers who wish to forego annuity will be entitled to a rehabilitation grant at the rate of Rs.2.76 lakh per acre. The rehabilitation grant in the September 2010 policy was at the rate of Rs. 2.40 lakh per acre.

According to the second part of the policy, those farmers whose agricultural land has been acquired for building State highways and canals will be entitled to all the benefits accruing under the Relief and Rehabilitation Policy, 2010 of the State. Apart from the rehabilitation grant, 25 per cent shares of the developer company will be allotted to the farmer and one member of each farmer's family will be given a job in the company.

In the third part of the policy where land has been acquired by the development authorities under the master plan, the deal will be executed only abiding by the terms of agreement through a consensual approach.

The rural areas of the State will be assured of 14 hours of power supply from July 1. The district magistrates have been directed to conduct meetings with farmers on the 22nd of every month to discuss their problems.

These directives were issued by Ms. Mayawati at the conclusion of the ‘kisan panchayat' here.

The Chief Minister also announced that the entire cost of damage to farmers' property at Bhatta-Parsaul villages in Greater Noida in the wake of the violence on May 7 would be borne by the State government.

Four persons, including two policemen, were killed in incidents of violence and arson in the twin villages.


The Hindu, 3 June, 2011, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2072525.ece


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