Farmers should get 80% of the profit from the resale of land: RDM

02 Jun 2011 Evaluate

The Rural Development Ministry (RDM) has suggested that farmer should get the 80% of the profit from the resale of land bought from them for development. RDM’s suggestion is higher than the suggestion made by the National Advisory Committee (NAC) which had proposed that the farmer should get six times the registered value of the land as compensation and if the land is resold then farmer will get 25% of the profit made by the private developers. The rural development ministry has proposed introduction of this clause in land acquisition bill. The suggested profit share will be calculated after the developer has deducted development cost taxes. The RDM is not in support of NAC’s recommendation to merge the land acquisition and resettlement and rehabilitation bill. The proposed profit-share will be calculated after the developer has deducted development costs and taxes. For early compensation for land acquisition, the RDM has suggested a one-time payment and a 30 year annuity payment to farmers to guarantee continuous income support.

India’s Land Acquisition policy is highly criticized by public and experts. Recent Uttar Pradesh farmers’ protest against the land acquisition for industrial development is the latest in the series of protest against the land acquisition. The aggressive protest of farmers had put pressure on Indian government to add more farmer friendly clause in land acquisition and resettlement and rehabilitation bill. RDM’s 30 years annuity model is similar as Haryana’s model of land acquisition. Developers and industrial bodies are supporting Haryana’s model of land acquisition. The Haryana’s Model of land acquisition provides payment of annuity in the form of royalty for a period of 33 years for people whose land is acquired.

However, the RDM’s suggestion has been criticized by the private developers and industrial bodies. They have argued that the idea of rural development ministry is not feasible this will reduce the profit margin for developers. They are of the opinion that RDM’s proposal does not address the real problem and it will not be able to provide complete solution to this serious problem. In order to secure profit, companies can manipulate their profits and this clause will be ineffective.

The Land Acquisition Act of 1894 is a law in India, which allows the government to acquire private land in that country. Land acquisition literally means acquiring of land for some public purpose by government/government agency, as authorized by the law, from the individual landowner(s) after paying government fixed compensation in lieu of losses incurred by land owner(s) due to surrendering of his/their land to the concerned government agency. The land acquisition act of 1894 was created with the expressed purpose of facilitating the government’s acquisition of privately held land for public purposes.

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