The government has also begun the process of clearing the ‘pooled’ land of any traces of green, using heavy machinery. Though participation in this pooling exercise is supposed to be ‘voluntary’, there have been press reports of farmers alleging intimidation and coercion by the local administration. This is based on the claim that by then it will be developed, and thus priced much higher than current market rates. Since outright appropriation has become harder after the Land Acquisition Act of 2013, the Andhra Pradesh government came up with what it thought was an ingenious way to beat back resistance: the land required for the capital will be 'pooled’, and those who contribute their own will get up to 30 per cent of that acreage back at a later time. Cultivation has become difficult due to the "land pooling" scheme, which is essentially a way for the government to take over peasant holdings.
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