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ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LAND ACQUISITION AND R&R ACT, 2013: SELL-OUT OR PAYBACK TIME?

Persis Ginwalla[1] Sagar Rabari[2] The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (RFCTLARR, hereafter referred to as LARR 2013) was the culmination of…

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