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A two day public hearing organized by " Orissa Dalit Adhikar Manch- ODAM on the issue of Dalits Land rights has been held at Bhubaneswar (Orissa) on 21st & 22nd Aug2011.

Speaking on the issue Arun Khote (Unorganized Sector Dalit Workers Movements- USDWM) shared that it is very much unfortunate that instead to fulfill long pending demand and promises of last 64 years to distribute land to the landless particular to the Dalits UPA Govt has planned to grab land for the big corporate and companies. From last 64 years most of the laws and Govt schemes has been devoted to the land distribution to the landless and particular to the Dalits. But Now UPA Govt has planned to grab land from the farmers which will to be highly against the will and wish of the constitution.

To provide land to the big corporate and companies UPA Govt has introduced a new LARR BILL 2011 which is going to be a big threat to the landless Dalits who are agriculture labor and marginal farmers. Around 84% Dalits are agriculture labor which comprise 46 % of the total agriculture labor in the country. The LARR BILL 2011 dose not ensures proper resettlement and rehabilitation to these Dalits.

Concerns on LARR Bill 2011:
1) So far all other Land related Act has been devoted to the reforms but this Bill is only talking about Land grabbing.
2) The basic objective and long pending distribution of the land to the SCs to ensure access in the land has been deliberately and completely ignored in the proposed LARR Bill2011.
3) LARR Bill 2011 dose not clarified its position on land demarcated for distribution among SC /ST and has been remain undistributed so far. Bhudan Land, Mahar Vatan Land, Panchami Land, Waste Land, Common uses Land had been allocated for SC/ST but distribution of all these land are pending since long. LARR Bill 2011 must come out with a clear position that How this Bill will compensate SC/ST. Long pending of Land Distribution will prevent SCs from the entitlement as " LAND OWNER" benefits as well.
4) Majority of Scheduled caste has been cultivating common uses land, waste land, Govt Land, grazing land or the land which does not belongs to them on govt. records. The LARR Bill does not clearly ensuring rights of this section of SCs.
5) A major section of the SC/ST have been engage in the non cultivation/ non agriculture works and they do not have direct links with the agriculture as historically SCs are deputed in the traditional customary works/ jobs .
6) SCs are still away to get benefits of Forrest Right Act,2006 due to the condition drawn in the Act that SCs have to prove their tenancy for 75 years or three generation. As many more SCs hamlets were not part of the revenue villages for long so that it is not possible to place documentary proof. It is also significant that due to the historical reasons SC communities had no access in the village panchayat too. Therefore all SCs who are settled in the Forrest area till 2006 should be benefitted in the LARR Bill 2006 as " LAND OWNER".
7) Most of the SCs families are still living as a joint family. Therefore it is very important that each married couple/ widow woman should be treated as an independent unit.
8) Around 46% SCs are agriculture workers in the rural India. Still the education level is very low as compare to national level and compare to other communities. Majority (around 95%) of SCs are still coming under the unskilled labor category. Their livelihood is fully depend on agriculture only. They will be eliminated from the job opportunities proposed in the bill. Therefore Govt. has to provide 5 acre fertile land to the SCs. Govt will have to give minimum Rs. 25,000 per acre for the cultivation.