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Research report

Subversion of Due Process for Seeking the Consent of Communities in Land Acquisition and Resultant Land Conflicts

25/11/2020

1 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Forest conservation act
Forest rights act
Free, prior and informed consent;
Land acquisition
Land conflict
Land rights

Overview

Indian laws – the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 along with the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 and the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act (LARR), 2013 – make it mandatory for government bodies and the promoters of projects to obtain the consent of Indigenous people and other communities […]

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