Mail Today India needs a proper debate on the Land Act By Dr. Sanat Kaul and Prof D.B. Gupta Published: 22:18 GMT, 15 February 2015 | Updated: 22:18 GMT, 15 February 2015 The Ordinance issued for the amendment to Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 has raised more controversy. The debate has, unfortunately, not been looked at from a proper perspective. The issues are as follows: over the last 67 years since Independence, the nature of our economy has undergone a major demographic and sectoral change. The population has grown from around 300 million to 1.2 billion. Unregulated policy may lead to massive migration and more slums The GDP ratio between agriculture, industry and services, has undergone a major change. At independence, the contribution of agriculture and allied activities to India’s GDP was around 60%, while those of industry and ser...