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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Land bill goes to joint committee, govt sets sights on joint sitting

Land bill goes to joint committee, govt sets sights on joint sitting

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published Published on May 13, 2015   modified Modified on May 13, 2015
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday referred the land acquisition bill to a joint committee of Parliament, paving the way for its passage in a joint sitting of Parliament after the monsoon session.

Rural development minister Birender Singh moved the motion for sending the bill to the joint panel after a detailed discussion forced by the opposition.

The discussion had Rahul Gandhi lead the Congress attack on the bill, amplifying his charge that Modi government's changes to the UPA law were aimed at distributing land as largesse to crony capitalists while the Centre rejected the allegation to claim the bill was "pro farmer".

The 30-member committee will comprise 20 MPs from Lok Sabha and 10 MPs from Rajya Sabha.

Sources said Congress took a late decision on joining the committee as there were two opinions in the party. While one group felt the party should not join the panel as it was against any changes to the 2013 law, the other felt Congress' absence could give the government a free run. The names of KV Thomas and Rajiv Satav were then suggested.

The panel is likely to submit its report in the first week of the monsoon session - roughly by the end of July. It will result in the convening of a joint sitting by August or September.

Though lacking numbers in the upper House, the Centre is not concerned about the defeat of the bill but is keen that it is disposed of. The conditions laid out by Parliament rules for calling a joint sitting state that it can take up a legislation which has been rejected by one of the two Houses.

The Centre is confident that it will have the numbers to push the bill through in the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

Eager to retrieve the bill from the parliamentary quagmire owing to its minority in the upper House, the choice of a joint committee appears deliberate. Such a panel has to submit its report in the first week of the next Parliament session while a select committee can discuss indefinitely.

Moreover, a joint panel will have a majority from Lok Sabha, thereby giving the Centre an upper hand in the voting over provisions to be accepted.

A joint committee will preempt the possibility of a vetting panel sitting on the bill as a select committee can do. It will ensure that the government can table the bill in Lok Sabha in the monsoon session. Its passage in Lok Sabha is assured and its rejection in the upper House will clear the hurdles for a joint sitting.



The Times of India, 13 May, 2015, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Land-bill-goes-to-joint-committee-govt-sets-sights-on-joint-sitting/articleshow/47257492.cms


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