New Plant of Tata Motors at Singur and Economic Development: A National Issue

Rabin Mazumder

The IUP Journal of Governance and Public Policy, 2007, vol. II, issue 3, 35-51

Abstract: Though belated, there is a realisation by the Left Front-ruled West Bengal that a transition from the agricultural sector to the industrial sector is the only way to tackle the problem of unemployment, raise the standard of living in general and redress the imbalance of development between agriculture and industry. The West Bengal Government started the land acquisition programme for industrial growth in May 2006 and Singur, in the Hooghly district, was one of the areas chosen for the purpose. The Left Front Government decided to have the Tata Motors set up a new factory at Singur. It was proposed to acquire 997.11 acres of land for the purpose, which provoked widespread unrest and recurrent violence. This is an eternal problem of land acquisition in India (or anywhere else). This article deals with the issues, which have been raised by the masses regarding land acquisition and offers a comparative study of economic development during the period of agricultural economy and the industrial era in the state.

Date: 2007
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:icf:icfjgp:v:02:y:2007:i:3:p:35-51

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in The IUP Journal of Governance and Public Policy from IUP Publications
Bibliographic data for series maintained by G R K Murty ().