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47 Fletcher F. World Aff. 77 (2023)
Development-Induced Displacement in India: Search for Alternatives

handle is hein.journals/forwa47 and id is 230 raw text is: 77 Development-Induced Displacement in India: Search for Alternatives WALTER FERNANDES ABSTRACT Development-induced displacement (DID)-the planned relocation of people for development projects-does not receive much attention, unlike disaster- and conflict-induced displacement. But, the number ofpeople it affects in India is enormous, estimated to be around 70 million from 1947 (Indias year of independence) to 2010, with 80 percent of those affected from classes that suffer disproportionately from poverty and marginalization. This paper examines the development paradigm that causes certain classes and castes to be impoverished, the numbers involved, and possible alternatives to the processes of impoverishment, which include economic marginalization and social, cultural, and psychological deprivation. I. INTRODUCTION As the reaction to the February 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake has shown, natural disasters evoke a strong emotional outburst all over the world. Conflict-displaced people get some sympathy depending on the Walter Fernandes, Ph.D., has served as the director of research and tribal studies at the Indian Social Institute in New Delhi, as well as its director from 1977 to 1999. He founded the North Eastern Social Research Centre, acting as its director from 2000-2011 and again from 2020 to present. For two decades, his work focused on DID in twelve states and he guided other states including Kerala, Jharkhand, and Gujarat. He has written over fifty books, 200professional articles, and 150 newspaper articles. He has been a member ofseveral committees ofthe Government ofIndia and was a Supreme Court-appointed ombudsman in 1982 to study the working conditions ofthe unskilled laborers working at the Asian Games Facilities. VOL.47:2 SUMMER 2023

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