Contents: Foreword. 1. Overview of the report by Runa Sarkar. I. Land markets in India: 2. Land markets in India: distortions and issues/Sebastian Morris and Ajay Pandey. 3. Security of title to land in urban areas/Swati Ramanathan. 4. Land-dominated approach to water policy: influence, effects, and relevance/R. Maria Saleth. II. Land acquisition: policy and processes: 5. Evolution of political economy of land acquisition/Sanjukta Ray and Shreemoyee Patra. 6. Eminent domain powers: rationale, abuse, and way forward/Nirmal Mohanty. 7. Regulatory and policy regime of land acquisition: a state level perspective/Videh Upadhyay and Chandrima Sinha. 8. Land acquisition process for National Highways: issues and recommendations/V.K. Sharma and Tarun Choudhary. 9. Obtaining forest clearances under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980/C.D. Singh. 10. Use of eminent domain: process and its critique/Tarun Choudhary. III. Compensation and R&R: 11. Compensation and R&R: current issues and proposed reforms/Tarun Choudhary. 12. Framework for evaluation of land acquisitions in India: sustainable development perspective/T.L. Raghu Ram and Ram Kumar Kakani. 13. Resettlement entitlements: moral economy of land rights and beyond/Jyotsna Bapat. 14. Rehabilitation and resettlement policies: a comparison of national and multilateral agency policies and issues in implementation/Ashok Emani. 15. Land for infrastructure development: livelihoods and fair compensation/Sankar Datta, Vijay Mahajan and Ashok Kumar Singha. 16. Sustainable rehabilitation interventions through community engagement/Rumjhum Chatterjee. IV. Land acquisition experiences: 17. Insights into land acquisition experiences of private businesses in India/Ram Kumar Kakani, Tata L. Raghu Ram and Nutan Shashi Tigga. 18. Land acquisition for railway projects--two case studies/Sanjit Garg. 19. Forest land diversion: balancing development and conservation through Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980/C.D. Singh. 20. Land acquisition for container terminal at Cochin Port/Beena Mahadevan. 21. Land evacuation, resettlement and rehabilitation: lessons from the Delhi international Airport/Manisha Gulati. V. Overcoming land constraints in urban planning: 22. Integrated townships as a policy response to changing supply and demand dynamics of urban growth/Ravikant Joshi. 23. Reforming urban land management in Gujarat/Bimal Patel, Shirley Ballaney, C.K. Koshy and Matthias Nohn. 24. Using the 'Development Plan--Town Planning Scheme' mechanism to appropriate land and build urban infrastructure/Shirley Ballaney and Bimal Patel. 25. Land saving technology and systems for urban infrastructure/Samantha Bastian, Dhiraj Shetty and G. Raghuram. VI. Leveraging land for development: 26. Unlocking land values to finance urban infrastructure: land - based financing options for cities/George E. Peterson. 27. Potential of land and land based instruments for infrastructure development in urban areas/Ramakrishna Nallathiga. 28. Charges on land and development rights as a financing resource for urban development/Vidyadhar K. Phatak. 29. Financing infrastructure for railways using railway land/Sanjiv Garg. 30. Lessons from leveraging land: a case of Bangalore--Mysore infrastructure corridor/G. Raghuram and Satyam Shivam Sundaram. VII. International experience in managing land: 31. Land-related rights, land markets, and institutional framework: a review of international experiences/Piyush Tiwari. 32. Land administration in countries with state ownership of land/Biswanath Debnath and Tarun Choudhary. VIII. Report annexure: 33. The infrastructure sector in India, 2008/Manisha Gulati.
"The acquisition and use of land is emerging as the single largest constraint to India's infrastructure building endeavour. Land acquisition is a very sensitive issue since it affects the livelihood of displaced households and those who have difficulty in transitioning from traditional skill sets. It also adversely impacts the sociocultural canvas of those affected. Attempts by the government to use eminent domain powers to acquire land are increasingly facing resistance from displaced people all over the country. Legal, policy-related, and implementation deficiencies lie at the heart of such ongoing contestations. In an effort to walk the balance between the interests of the displaced, and the acquisition of land for infrastructure, policymakers are increasingly turning their attention to compensation, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R), and other land-related issues to provide potential resolutions. Using land as a means of financing infrastructure and overcoming land constraints are other challenges being explored.
The India Infrastructure Report 2009 with multidimensional contributions by social scientists, researchers, environment specialists, independent consultants, academics, and bureaucrats discusses:
- Land markets.
- Acquisition policy framework and processes.
- Compensation, rehabilitation, and resettlement.
- Innovative solutions to overcome urban land constraints.
- Leveraging land as a financing instrument for development.
- International experiences in land management.
The IIR is an invaluable resource for policymakers, academics, business persons, and finance professionals. It is a collaborative effort by academics, professionals providing infrastructure services, and policymakers under the aegis of the 3iNetwork. The network is managed by the Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), and Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK)."
