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published Published on Oct 22, 2012   modified Modified on Oct 22, 2012
-The Indian Express

The fact that the urgently needed land acquisition bill is up for debate again within the UPA is symptomatic of why this government stumbles on its economic agenda more often than not. Even as Aadhaar spread of glow of success across the government, doubts have surfaced about the present shape of the land acquisition bill. The Union cabinet had recently the cleared the bill, which says that an acquisition will go through if 66 per cent of those set to lose land agree. It also makes those who acquire the land responsible for rehabilitation and relief. Most significantly, it is an enabling legislation, since land is a state subject. Yet, within hours of the bill going through, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi or those who speak on her behalf have indicated their discomfort with it. Irrespective of any future shows of support from the Congress, the damage to the bill has been inflicted, as industry and states will be reluctant to accept provisions that do not have the full backing of the government.

While the industry has its own reservations about the bill, especially the rehabilitation measures, sections of the government feel that too much has been conceded to industry. The upshot of these clashing perspectives is that the chance of this bill going through Parliament in the winter session has become bleaker. This new bill does very little to solve the problem of industry to acquire land even for the public sector, but it is characteristic of the malaise in policymaking that the current 118-year-old bill on land acquisition, with all its flaws, has not been repealed even now.

The land bill, the national investment board and the goods and services tax are the big trinity of reforms that the UPA was planning to clear before the 2014 general elections. Now, the fresh doubts about the land bill and the open demonstration of difference within the cabinet on the investment board mean that both these proposals are unlikely to materialise in the near term. These unresolved differences are a reminder of the essential dilemma within the government, on whether to choose growth or bat for equity. The ministers need to be convinced there is a case for former, before any substantial measures can be taken up. The opposition to the government is mostly from within itself, and this needs to be sorted out.

The Indian Express, 22 October, 2012, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/act-together/1020119/


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