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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Land ordinance to lapse today, says PM Modi

Land ordinance to lapse today, says PM Modi

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published Published on Aug 31, 2015   modified Modified on Aug 31, 2015
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced that the government will not renew the controversial land acquisition ordinance that lapses on Monday and declared its readiness to incorporate any suggestions in the bill pending before Parliament.

"We had issued an ordinance which lapses tomorrow (August 31). I have decided, let it lapse. We will not renew it," Modi said in his 'Mann ki Baat' radio broadcast.

"It will mean the situation will once again be as it was before my government came," Modi added.

On August 27, TOI had reported that the Centre has decided to allow the ordinance on the altered land acquisition bill to lapse, paving the way for restoration of the 2013 legislation, which the BJP government sought to amend as industry cried foul.

In the absence of support from the opposition and discomfort even with some of the allies, the government opted to drop the contentious ordinance. Instead, the government is hoping that states will enact their own legislations over-riding some of the tricky clauses.

The PM said the government moved to amend the 2013 law enacted by the UPA after a request from states and it was aimed at getting rid of the maze of bureaucratic rules and regulations, and benefit farmers and villagers. "The proposal came from the states. Everyone felt if the farmer has to benefit, if we have to build canals to take water to farms, erect poles to take electricity to villages, make roads or houses for rural poor, we will have to get the law out of the bureaucratic tangles and so the proposal of changing the law came," the PM said.

He, however, slammed opponents of BJP's land bill, saying false propaganda was unleashed against the government. "But so many rumours have been spread. Farmers have been scared. My farmer brothers and sisters, don't be scared. For me, every voice in the nation is important and the voice of farmers has a special place. There is no reason for doubt, do not be scared," Modi said.

Responding to allegations of a U-turn, the PM said he had always maintained that he was open to suggestions.

Modi said the ordinance will lapse but benefits of higher compensation under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 will be extended to 13 other laws. These laws include Land Acquisition (Mines) Act, 1885, the Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978, and the National Highways Act, 1956 among others.

Modi said the rules would be changed to give farmers higher benefit under these laws. "The government's heart is clear on the land Act. We are ready to accept any recommendation that favours farmers," he said.

The Times of India, 31 August, 2015, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Land-ordinance-to-lapse-today-says-PM-Modi/articleshow/48737156.cms


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