The story headline is incorrect...I have carefully studied the Govt data & it is correct. Pl do not romanticise a farmers profession.A car plant can transform the economy og Singur completely.The anti-car movement is taken over by naxalites & anarchists. Agriculture to industry is a natural transitory step.That has happened in the rest of the world & it is bound to happen here.And finally, legally...Govt does not need anybody's consent to acquire land.It is a graciouness of the WB govt that it has endeavoured to take the same. Regarding the land , most of it is single-crop & vary few is multi-crop.In fact boundary of the project site was shifted to save the multi-crop land
RE:Please correct the headline...its incorrect
by rcpillai on Dec 26, 2006 09:41 PM Permalink
I don't know why Guptaji is supporting overwhelmingly to this project as all is not well on this project deal. Agricultural land not to be give to any industrial or other purposes than that of cultivating agricultural products and for which, no firm actions have been taken by any of the Governments, whether it is lefitsts and rightists. If we go through the entire industrilisation / concretaisation done in the name of development, most of the lands are fertile and is meant for agriculutral purpose and that is why till today, we are not producing agricultural products for the people of this country, fully and is getting imported from various countries. The liberalisation policies introduced by the Govt. in 1992 (even though it is wrong to attract foreign investments where we have enough money in India itself...no place to expaln it in detail), we had to first introduce the liberalisation in Agricultural Sector so that we can enough rice, wheat and other products for our people. Industries has to grow, but not on agricultural land or forest lands which are prohibitied by the Constitution, but are always doing by the successive governments in India. When in hungry, people wants rice/w
