"Regressive changes to land acquisition law must not be enacted", Amnesty International India
Indian lawmakers should reject any amendments to the land acquisition law that do away with crucial human rights safeguards and could lead to forced evictions, Amnesty International India said...The land acquisition ordinance extended compensation and rehabilitation benefits to communities affected by certain kinds of development project...said Aruna Chandrasekhar, Business and Human Rights Researcher at Amnesty International India...But it also dismantled safeguards that are central to the land acquisition law, undermining the rights of communities to participation and consultation...Parliamentarians must instead insist on a law that requires private and state-owned companies to carry out human rights due diligence.