Land acquisition bill gets ministerial panel approval

17 Oct 2012 Evaluate

A ministerial panel headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has given approval to the contentious and long-pending land acquisition bill in its third meeting on Oct 16. The final draft of the long-delayed bill will now be placed before the Union Cabinet.

The basic structure remains and two-third consent of land owners is essential for PPP and for private projects for public purpose. As per the approved draft, the Bill will have a provision for consent of two-third of land owners for acquiring land but no contentious retrospective clause. The previous bill sought the consent of 80% of affected people.

To protect tribals, the bill says ‘approval’ of gram panchayats will be required to buy land in schedule areas. The law will also apply to Special Economic Zones. However, there is no change in the provisions regarding compensation package, relief and rehabilitation package and no change in Social Impact Assessment.

The original Bill was introduced in Parliament in September last year and was referred to a Parliamentary Standing Committee which submitted its recommendations in May but due to strong reservations against certain provisions of the Bill by various ministries the government had constituted the GoM.

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