Union Cabinet clears the land acquisition bill

14 Dec 2012 Evaluate

The Union Cabinet cleared the controversial land acquisitions bill which will be introduced in the winter session of parliament. With the new land acquisitions law, the government hopes to make easy land acquisition and also remove bureaucratic hurdles that hold up highway projects that have become a roadblock for the economic growth.

According to the provisions of the bill, permission of 80% of landowners would be required to acquire land for private industrial projects and in case of Public-Private Partnership projects permission of 70 percent of the landowners would be mandatory. However, no permission would be required in case of projects acquired for government purpose. The bill also has provisions to return the unutilized land to the land losers.

Cabinet Committee also cleared a proposal allowing the road ministry to decide the mode of execution of highway projects where the traffic volume is between 5,000 and 10,000 passenger car units, however the road ministry will have to go to the cabinet to get approval for each and every project, resulting in delays.

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