81 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Ekta Parishad and CLRA express their appreciation to the research team composed of Sajal Babu, Paritosh Bisen, and Ayusin Narayan. Additional research assistance was provided by Ridhi Soni and Achyut Tewari towards the completion of the report. LIST OF ACRONYMS ADR ALG CAF CFR-LA FRA ISB LDA MNREGA RRI SC SEZ TISS UNHCR Alternative Dispute Resolution Alternative Law Group Compensatory Afforestation Fund Community Forest Rights-Learning and Advocacy Forest Rights Act Bharti Institute of Public Policy, Indian School of Business Lucknow Development Authority Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Rights and Resources Initiative Supreme Court Special Economic Zone Tata Institute of Social Sciences United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights REFERENCES Ahmed, R. (2000). Land Right & the Eminent Domain. 58 Social Action (pp. 266 – 267). New Delhi: Indian Social Institute. Behera, A. (2016). Maoist Conflict in Odisha. NIAS Backgrounder on Conflict Resolution. Bengaluru: National Institute of Advanced Studies. Retrieved from http://eprints.nias.res.in/1024/1/B10-2016-Anshuman-Behera.pdf Chandran, R. (25 May 2018). Deadly disputes over land, environment in India’s wealthiest states. Reuters. Retrieved from https://www.reuters.com/ India Land Conflict Monitoring Report rights of the people affected. Instead, government should be focusing on implementing the Land Acquisition Act of 2013 in letter and spirit. Through better and more transparent land acquisition, the government can ensure that rural people are not pushed into poverty, and investments do not become costly and cumbersome. m