Land is an emotional subject with a farmer in India because it is his only means of income.
Real estate is one sector that India is not very proud of.
When a person is dispossessed of his land, there is a reaction and you have to deal with the reaction properly. You just can't deal with the reaction by giving him money.
If it was not for Rajiv Gandhi, urbanization in India would have been history.
In urbanization, you think big because you are thinking decades ahead.
Without land, how can you have development of roads, highways, townships, etc?