This memorandum categorically states that the Bill is only driven by a desire to make land acquisition for industrialisation, while completely ignoring the larger picture of food security. “Though the Bill puts some checks on the acquisition of multi-cropped and irrigated land by saying that under no circumstances should multi-cropped and irrigated land be acquired, it fails to address the larger challenge of extensive diversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes and the consequent impact on the nation’s food security,” it states.
