Ulka Mahajan has rightly pointed out the concerns of the poor who will be displaced if the SEZ comes into being, but it is not clear whether she does not want the SEZs at all as fertile land should is utilized for non-agrulctural purposes. she also says the compensation is not fair and is not honoured as promised (because of the past experience with government). Will she be satisfied if the compensation is extraordinarily generous as Reliance makes out (10 times the market value and return of 1/8th of the developed land)and its distribution is overseen by a former Chief Justice of India with support from activists groups (not excluding the non-landholders who will also be affected). Two recent developments are worth emulating. Videocon will offer employment letters before hand to those who surrender land and Jindal will offer shares at par in addition to compensation. These can also be incorporated in the Reliance agreement too. One has to realize that land values in the vicinity of the SEZs will shoot up after development and those who surrender land for the SEZs will be poorer than those who have not, and will lose esteem in the community. In fact, these people should be offered employment, very attractive compensation, shares, housing, educational and medical facilities, and training in other avocations. I would even suggest that a clause be incorporated that when this land is sold later, the original landholders should also be compensated even after a hundred years
