In September 2013, India’s Houses of Parliament passed The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill (RFCTLARR). RFCTLARR will replace the colonial Land Acquisition Act of 1894 (LAA). Under the LAA, the state has been able to acquire private land in the name of public purpose for building roads, dams, railway lines, etc. (Government of India, 1985, Section 3(f)). Perhaps more controversially, the state has acquired land for private parties, if the latter’s use of the land fulfills a public purpose. Public purpose remains undefined in the LAA (Government of India, 1985, Part VII).