Land Acquisition and Resource Development in Contemporary India

Looks at the nuances of land and resource politics and summarizes the long-standing land acquisition and mining debate.

List of contents

List of tables and maps; List of figures and pictures; Preface; Part I: 1. Introduction: from colonial regime to 'welfare state'; 2. State, space and people; 3. Land, mines and minerals; 4. Land acquisition and resource development in India; 5. Resource development and compensation issues; Part II: 6. Singrauli: a 'space' of dependence; 7. Singrauli: a development dilemma; 8. Administering Singrauli: governance and institutions; 9. Land acquisition in the contemporary Singrauli: reflections from the field; Part III: 10. Understanding development; 11. Conclusion; Index.

About the author

Shashi Ratnaker Singh is post-doctoral research fellow in Societies, Markets and States in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge. His research interests are human geography, political economy, development studies, environmental studies, environmental law and natural resource management.

Summary

It highlights the reasons for large scale land conflicts in India, scale of stalled investments, social movements, evolution of land acquisition and mining laws, and what led to the amendments of Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Resettlement and Rehabilitation Act 2013 and Mining and Mineral Act 2015.

Product details

• Authors: Singh Shashi Ratnaker Singh, Shashi Ratnaker Singh, Shashi Ratnaker (University of Cambridge) Singh
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781108486927
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48692-7
• No. of pages: 188
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, India, macroeconomics, Social issues & processes, economic growth, Political Economy, Social and ethical issues, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government