The second law assures fair – indeed generous – compensation to people, often small-scale farmers, whose land is acquired by the state for development purposes. In a country where two-thirds of the population is still dependent on agriculture and small holdings are all that a majority of Indians live on, the new law helps those who have often felt exploited and deprived of their livelihoods by the state’s power of eminent domain.
第二项立法许诺给予人民相当丰厚——事实上，称得上慷慨——的补偿。补偿对象是土地以开发目的被国家征用的印度人，通常是小农。在三分之二人口仍依赖农业、大部分人民所赖以生活的资产还相当小的印度来说，这项新法律能帮助那些通常感到自己被国家土地征用权力掠夺和驱逐的印度人。