JOIN USThe Modi government is contemplating having another round of political consensus building exercise before re-promulgating land acquisition ordinance which would lapse after 12 days and also ensure that enhanced compensation given for acquiring pieces of earth under the 18 listed categories exists.
The land issue also came up for discussion before Union Cabinet on Monday given different voices in the government on how to bail out the legislation stuck in Parliament as it has become a bone of contention between the Modi regime and united opposition lead by Congress which had conceived it.
The NDA was able to push the the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill 2015 through the Lok Sabha with nine amendments owing to its majority in the House. But the government did not bring it in the Rajya Sabha fearing opposition would stall it. The land acquisition rules will remain valid only if the government re-issues ordinance which is due to lapse on April 5.
"We had given some amendments. The Cabinet on Wednesday has given post facto approval to those amendments," Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad briefed reporters.