Centre to take ordinance route to effect changes in Land Acquisition Act

December 27, 2014 12:45

CNN-IBN reports: After yet another winter session of Parliament was washed out, wherein the Narendra Modi government failed to pass crucial economic reforms, it is now planning the ordinance route to make changes to the Land Acquisition Act.

The government plans to exclude 13 central laws to clear several infrastructure and Public Private Partnership projects.

Government sources have told the Indian Express that necessary directions have been issued to the Rural Development Ministry to get the draft ordinance vetted by the Law Ministry.

Sources said that Cabinet approval could be taken as early as next week for making changes to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.

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