"Even as countrywide protests against the land ordinance gain momentum, Adivasi communities living in mineral-rich areas are apprehensive of what awaits them as the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2015 (MMDRA) has received presidential assent and the government has drafted Rules for some clauses of the Act.
The principal Act of 1957 is as draconian a law for Adivasis as was the Land Acquisition Act of 1894 for all farmers."
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