formed with a desire to evade land reforms measures in various states. Indian Union Co-operative Act- On the basis of Indian Union Co -operative Act, , the Madras State Co-operative Act, was enacted. This act was further strengthened after independence. The Co-operative organizations functions in three ways such as Co-operative Banks, Land Development Banks, Co-operative Societies.
Co-operative organizations functioning in Tamil Nadu, apart from Agriculture, includes various hand craft industries like Cotton weaving, silk weaving and pottery. Tamil Nadu currently has more than , Co-operative Societies. Land Bill: Six facts you need to know . The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, seeks to Amend the Act of (LARR Act, ).
. The Bill creates five special categories of land use: . defence, . rural infrastructure, .
affordable housing, . industrial corridors, and . infrastructure projects including Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects where the central government owns the land. .
The Bill exempts the five categories from provisions of the LARR Act, which requires the consent of per cent of land owners to be obtained for private projects and that of per cent of land owners for PPP projects. . The Bill allows exemption for projects in these five categories from requiring Social Impact Assessment be done to identify those affected and from the restrictions on the acquisition of irrigated multi-cropped land imposed by LARR Act . .
The Bill brings provisions for compensation, rehabilitation, and resettlement under other related Acts such as the National Highways Act and the Railways Act in consonance with the LARR Act. . The Bill changes acquisition of land for private companies mentioned in LARR Act, to acquisition for ‘private entities’. A private entity could include companies, corporations and nonprofit organisations.