Abstract:
The land pooling scheme employed by the state of andhra pradesh has procured nearly 33,000 acres of agricultural land to implement the master plan of its new capital city amaravati. This article explores the intervention made by the lps as an alternative to the right to fair compensation and transparency in land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement act, 2013 and the various discourses associated with its implementation in ap. © 2021 economic and political weekly. All rights reserved.