Uprooted for whose benefit? : development – induced displacement in Assam 1947-2000
Fernandes, Walter
Uprooted for whose benefit? : development – induced displacement in Assam 1947-2000 by Walter Fernandes and Gita Bharali - Guwahati : North Eastern Social Research Centre, ©2011 - x, 734 p. ; 21 cm. - NESRC displacement studies series 1 .
Includes statistical tables, bibliographical references and index.
1. Development, displacement and deprivation in India 2. The nature and methodology of the study 3. The background of Assam 4. Displacement and deprivation by water resources 5. Alienation by industrial, mining and power projects 6. Environment protection, refugee rehabilitation, farms 7. Transport, defence, administration, urban development 8. Human resources, tourism, welfare and others 9. Total land used, DP/PAPs, rehabilitation and the future 10. The background of the respondents 11. The process of deprivation and resettlement 12. The impact of displacement and deprivation 13. Search for alternatives : towards a holistic approach
"Development is traditionally understood as increasing wealth for a higher standard of living through improved technology and industrial progress. With its criterion of Gross National Product (GNP) and economic growth it relies heavily on capital investment and advanced technology to harness existing natural and human resources. Land is basic to these projects and through compulsory acquisition that displaces people from their traditional habitats and sustenance. The present book is on development-induced displacement in Assam 1947-2000. While official files point to 4.2 lakh persons displaced from 3.9 lakh acres used for the projects during these five decades, the study on which this book is based puts the number at 19.1 lakh persons deprived of 4.1 lakh acres. Rehabilitation is almost non-existent and compensation is either not paid or is inadequate. Impoverishment is the price that livelihood losers pay but the benefits of "national development" reach another class. That shows the need to search for another type of development and alternative measures to minimise displacement and to prevent impoverishment and marginalisation."
9788192234946
Economic development projects -- Social aspects -- India -- Assam
Forced migration -- Social aspects -- India -- Assam
307.34 / FER-U
Uprooted for whose benefit? : development – induced displacement in Assam 1947-2000 by Walter Fernandes and Gita Bharali - Guwahati : North Eastern Social Research Centre, ©2011 - x, 734 p. ; 21 cm. - NESRC displacement studies series 1 .
Includes statistical tables, bibliographical references and index.
1. Development, displacement and deprivation in India 2. The nature and methodology of the study 3. The background of Assam 4. Displacement and deprivation by water resources 5. Alienation by industrial, mining and power projects 6. Environment protection, refugee rehabilitation, farms 7. Transport, defence, administration, urban development 8. Human resources, tourism, welfare and others 9. Total land used, DP/PAPs, rehabilitation and the future 10. The background of the respondents 11. The process of deprivation and resettlement 12. The impact of displacement and deprivation 13. Search for alternatives : towards a holistic approach
"Development is traditionally understood as increasing wealth for a higher standard of living through improved technology and industrial progress. With its criterion of Gross National Product (GNP) and economic growth it relies heavily on capital investment and advanced technology to harness existing natural and human resources. Land is basic to these projects and through compulsory acquisition that displaces people from their traditional habitats and sustenance. The present book is on development-induced displacement in Assam 1947-2000. While official files point to 4.2 lakh persons displaced from 3.9 lakh acres used for the projects during these five decades, the study on which this book is based puts the number at 19.1 lakh persons deprived of 4.1 lakh acres. Rehabilitation is almost non-existent and compensation is either not paid or is inadequate. Impoverishment is the price that livelihood losers pay but the benefits of "national development" reach another class. That shows the need to search for another type of development and alternative measures to minimise displacement and to prevent impoverishment and marginalisation."
9788192234946
Economic development projects -- Social aspects -- India -- Assam
Forced migration -- Social aspects -- India -- Assam
307.34 / FER-U