Commercialization of rural regions in India

BHUBANESWAR:The struggle for a land is occurring in many parts of the world, as multinational corporations look to expand their monopoly control on resources, production and supply. Whether building industrial sized farms as in sub-Saharan Africa, or mining in the heartland of India, the commercialization of rural regions proceeds apace, as does the murder and forced resettlement of millions of people.

It is an all too familiar story in a world where corporate interests and the state virtually coexist. Their interdependence poisons democratic ideals, leads to neglect of the most vulnerable, fuels inequality and continues the historic concentration of wealth in the hands of the few.

The notion of trickle down economics, where the elite fill to overflowing, and the poor pick up their left over, is an economic model that has been thoroughly disgraced and discredited across the world.