Land acquisition/Land pooling Research Papers (original) (raw)

Rapid Urbanisation trends worldwide has resulted in 54% of the world population living in urban areas, in 2014 from 39%, in 1980. As per 2014 Revision of World Population Prospects, UN, 2014, India... more

Rapid Urbanisation trends worldwide has resulted in 54% of the world population living in urban areas, in 2014 from 39%, in 1980. As per 2014 Revision of World Population Prospects, UN, 2014, India & China are expected to be the largest contributors to the estimated increase in urban population till 2050. Most of the grunt of the population growth is going to be seen on big cities or mega-cities, with Asia to struggle most with estimated 60% of the megacities by 2025, most of them across India and China (13th annual edition of DemographiaWorld Urban Areas, 2017).Amongst the various challenges faced by these megacities, providing developed land (i.e. land with access toinfrastructure facilities) for future developments and city infrastructure within the limited funds available with the city…

Most projects require an enormous amount of land. In search for industrialisation and developing the related infrastructures, states made acquisitions. Under land acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, the compensation is... more

Most projects require an enormous amount of land. In search for industrialisation and developing the related infrastructures, states made acquisitions. Under land acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, the compensation is higher, making the project expensive and unviable. Such a situation was bound to head for a confrontation. Since the forcing out of Tata's from Singur, a large number of projects in West Bengal and elsewhere have been halted. Economic analyses suggest that 43percent of all stalled projects face land acquisition problems. Andhra Pradesh Government has found a solution to the problem to the troubles of land acquisition in building a new capital city on 34,000 acres of farmland by using Land Pooling Scheme. In this paper an attempt is made to explain Land Pooling scheme that was being implemented in capital city area of Andhra Pradesh, to list the social benefits assured in the Land Pooling scheme, to identify the other benefits of the Land Pooling scheme and to analyse the advantages of the Land Pooling scheme over Land acquisition

In India, urban land management is a state subject and each state has their own urban land supply policy. The aim of research paper is to identify the best land management techniques in India based on performance indicators and to develop... more

In India, urban land management is a state subject and each state has their own urban land supply policy. The aim of research paper is to identify the best land management techniques in India based on performance indicators and to develop an innovative technique using a combination of various tools to enhance the quantum of supply of urban land. The SMART (Sustainable, Marketable, Aesthetical, Rational and Transit Oriented) Model was developed to improve the performance of the Land Pooling land management policy in India. The SMART model was implemented for TPS no 32 and 12% extra urban land was provided for infrastructural development in TPS no 32.

Land pooling is being increasingly promoted as a mechanism for land consolidation, especially for greenfield urbanisation projects. In Dholera smart city along the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor, the mechanism is enabled under the the... more

Land pooling is being increasingly promoted as a mechanism for land consolidation, especially for greenfield urbanisation projects. In Dholera smart city along the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor, the mechanism is enabled under the the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act 1976. In this paper we analyse this law's procedures; its provisions for public consultation, participation and compensation; its colonial and post-colonial antecedents; and the jurisprudence around it. We find that the GTPUDA is grossly inadequate, significantly in establishing the consent of landowners, and in addressing the range of dispossessions that the Dholera project engenders.

Andhra Pradesh Government has found a solution to the troubles of land acquisition in building a new capital city (Amaravati) on 34,690 acres of farm land by using land pooling scheme. Amaravati is the India's first planned capital of a... more

Andhra Pradesh Government has found a solution to the troubles of land acquisition in building a new capital city (Amaravati) on 34,690 acres of farm land by using land pooling scheme. Amaravati is the India's first planned capital of a state to build up from scratch in the recent decades. The Government strategy was to make all farmers stakeholders in the new capital, so that they voluntarily "pooled" their land with the city development agency known as Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority shortly known as APCRDA. The land parcels owned by individuals or group of owners are legally consolidated by transfer of ownership rights to the authority, which later transfers the ownership of a part of the developed land back to the landowners. Land owners were also given some social and economic benefits for a certain period for participating in Land Pooling scheme along with the return of part of the developed land. As the land owners contribute their land voluntarily, the whole land pooling process was very smooth. The pooling process mostly did not disrupt the current inhabitants. In this context, an attempt is made in this paper to examine the impact of Land Pooling Scheme on key economic variables in the capital city area (Amaravati) of Andhra Pradesh.

Land is a scarce but vital resource required for all large public infrastructural projects, which are critical for economic development. The procedural mandates to access land, laid under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in... more

The role of land assembly in the process of any state’s development story is ubiquitous, well researched, and formally established in urban growth literature. Out of all the land supply models in existence in India, acquisition through... more