Land Acquisition Bill:l Govt asked leaders of all parties to Send their suggestionsl by April 15, 2013..!

Another meeting of the leaders could be convened on April 18, 2013.

As the central government expressed reluctance to send the Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation Bill to the standing committee on rural development again, the all-party meeting on the Bill failed to reach a consensus here on recently.

The Central Govt has asked leaders of all parties to send their suggestions &  amendments to the Bill by April 15, 2013 so that another meeting of the leaders could be convened on April 18, 2013.

Basic Differences..!

The basic differences are on the definition of public purpose, rate of compensation & package for rehabilitation.

The Union government said the panel that it will come up with fresh list of official amendments after studying the suggestions of the various political parties.

Rural Development Minister Mr. Jairam Ramesh hoped that the Land Acquisition Bill will be passed in the Budget session.

The Opposition leader in Lok Sabha, Ms. Sushma Swaraj, said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has suggested that if the land is not utilised for the purpose for which it was acquired, it could be returned to the farmer. She was also hopeful that the Bill will be passed at the earliest.

The CPI(M) leader, Mr. Basudeb Acharia, told by moving more than 100 amendments the Central Government has changed the character of the Bill, which was earlier studied by the standing committee.

“It is a new Bill now. It has to go to the standing committee again. We have been demanding this since December, 2012. If the Central Government had heeded then, the second lap of budget session could have discussed it,” Mr. Acharia said BL.

Compensation Amount Very Low

The Samajwadi Party (SP) argued that the compensation amount prescribed in the Bill is very low. The party demanded that members of the farmers’ families, whose land will be acquired, should be given jobs.

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