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| Manner of land acquisition in WB |
| Manner of land acquisition in WB 'a mistake': Amartya
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| INDIA
, 6-August-2009
2:43:12 AM |
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Despite the "overwhelming" need for industry in West Bengal, the manner in which the state government acquired land for the purpose was a "mistake," Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen has said.
"There is an overwhelming need for industry so that this poor state can flourish again. (But) The way that land was acquired was a mistake. If one needs industry, there has to be land, but acquisition of land should have been the last resort," Sen said at an interaction after the 3rd Annual Penguin Lecture here last evening.
Sen said the results of the Lok Sabha election had vindicated the fact that there had been some agitation among the people over the government's policy of land acquisition for industry.
Without naming any party, the economist said the opponents of land acquisition, however, would have to understand that reduction of poverty could not be achieved by agriculture alone. "This (agriculture) has to go hand in hand with industry."
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