Inter-state Competition, Land Conflicts and Resistance in India

Judicial Justice for Special Economic Zone Land Resistance

“…Despite changing power relations, it is valuable to note that inter-state competition does not lead to homogenous experiences necessarily favouring capital. Rather, changing state and corporate dynamics around land acquisition must be contextualised in relation to social, political and economic diversity at the subnational level (Bedi and Tillin 2015). Sundar (2011, 183) suggests that to create an "investor friendly" industrial locale in the state of Jharkhand "the government is willing to violate every rule in the book."…”

The regional identity politics of India’s new land wars: Land, food, and popular mobilisation in Goa and West Bengal

“…This has been done differently in different Indian states, thus creating an uneven pattern of compliance with and resistance to land dispossession across India's federal geography (Bedi and Tillin, 2015). 2 As indicated, scholars and activists working on India's new land wars criticise the policy of transferring land to corporate control on many accounts.…”

“…GMAS argued that SEZs would change the state's 'unique' demography and place. The movement arose and generated publicity on the premise that Goa is a special place that requires protection from people, interests, industries, and governments that threaten this idealised vision of Goa (Bedi, 2015). GMAS claimed that…”

“…These states have been home to some of India's most intense recent struggles over land (on Goa, see e.g. Bedi, 2013bBedi, , 2015Da Silva, 2014;Jones, 2009;Sampat, 2015;on West Bengal, see e.g. Banerjee, 2006Banerjee, , 2014Banerjee and Roy, 2007;Majumder, 2012;Nielsen, forthcoming;Roy, 2014;Ray, 2008), and we have selected them for comparative analysis because in crucial ways they illustrate the localised identity dynamics in India's land wars.…”

“…Bedi and Tillin, 2015;Levien, 2013Levien, , 2015Nielsen and Nilsen, 2015;Sud, 2014;D'Costa and Chakraborty, 2017).…”