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LAND ACQUISITION AND FAIR COMPENSATION

THE RIGHT TO FAIR COMPENSATION AND TRANSPARENCY IN LAND ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT BILL, 2015 Land acquisition in India refers to the process by which the union or a state government in India acquires private land for the purpose of industrialization, development of infrastructural facilities or urbanization on the private land, and provides compensation to the affected land owners and their rehabilitation and resettlement. Land Acquisition in India is governed by The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation, Resettlement Act, 2013 . However, till 2013 Land Acquisition in India was governed by Land Acquisition Act of 1894. Union Government of India has also made and notified The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Social Impact Assessment and Consent) Rules, 2014 under the act to regulate the procedure. There was unanimity of opinion across the social an