Even though the new Right to Fair Compensation And Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 looks good on paper, does it actually represent a sea change in land acquisition policies that our Government would have us believe? The neo-liberal Act continues to utilize outdated conceptions of 'eminent domain' to permit forcible acquisitions for a broad variety of purposes. In fact, it could be termed as nothing more than a Act to ease the transfer of land to private entities. Newsclick discusses with economist Smitha Gupta the flaws in the Act.