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TATA Singur Project(A case study)

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Introduction

Singur is in Hooghly district, around 45kilometres from Kolkata.

TATA tries to set up their manufacturing unit fortheir Nano project.

997 acres of farmland provided.

Protests by people and opposition parties. Project finally moved to Gujarat.

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Background

Decay in growth of industries in West Bengal.

Promise of employment by TATA.

Hasty decision by the government.

400 acres of agricultural land.

Highly fertile land with 83% irrigation and 220%

crop density. Major employment is agriculture.

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Background

Improper use of Land Acquisition act of 1894 bystate govt.

Improper survey by the govt authorities.

2000 owners out of 13000 did not acceptcompensation.

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Factual Issues

Declared SEZ by Ministry of Commerce &Industry.

Low operating cost .

Subsidy provided by state govt.

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Factual Issues

Land Acquisition act of 1894.

Without consent of people.

Less compensation.

Took decision without considering theconsequences.

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Conceptual Issues

Opposition leader Mamata Banerjees support tothe protest.

Low subsidy and operating cost.

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Moral Issues

People were deprived of their lands without theirconsent and enough compensation.

Given the knowledge that the lands providedwere fertile, the government gave the lands tothe company.

The company started the construction of theplant even though there were severe protestsfrom the public.

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Moral Issues

TATA movement was an utter failure and loss tostate

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Data

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Causes

More than 60% of the farmers just knew twothings i.e. their land is going to be taken away

and a factory is going to come up in its place,implying that they would die of hunger andabject poverty.

No presence of political workers who wouldexplain to the farmers the pros and cons ofgiving up land for industrial benefits and whichwould help them in turn.

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Causes

According to some reports the governmentofficials also committed crime in dealing withthe agitated localites of Singur.

Brutality by the govt. officials on the public

who resisted to sign the documents and thislead to the public sentiment and protest.

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Causes

The opposition made use of this huge gulfbetween the government and the people and

extracted maximum political mileage out of it.

The procedure under the Land Acquisition Act

1894 was not followed fully and fairly.

The compensation was only monetary and nostate level rehabilitation policy was ordered.

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Observation

Theories Government Company Public

Utilitarianism

Cost Analysis

-Duty and RightEthics Virtue Ethics

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Conclusion

Govt. gave ahead without proper planning andmeasures.

TATA started constructing the plant in midst ofturmoil.

People were concerned only about their side of

the coin. Despite the protests the rightful owners did not

receive the land until now.

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Conclusion

The project was welcomed by Govt. of Gujarat.

Finally , its the government alone which isresponsible for this controversy.

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