Land Bill not listed for discussion in LS next week

April 29, 2015 14:46

Is the govt having second thoughts on the Land Bill? Reports say that the bill is not listed for discussion in the Lok Sabha next week.

On Sunday, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said that the NDA government would not do a rethink on the Land Acquisition Bill, and said it is pro-development and in the interest of farmers and poor.

"The government feels that this Bill is in interest of farmers, in interest of development and in interest of the poor people. There is no thinking of going back on Land Rehabilitation, Fair Compensation and Acquisition Act," the Union Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs Minister said.

He said it (Land Acquisition Amendment Bill) is in the larger interest of farmers. "They will be the biggest beneficiaries, unless you want to keep them away from development and exclude them from development," he said.

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