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Land Bill: Six facts you need to know The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015, popularly known as Land bill, was adopted by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Here are the six important facts you need to know. Source: prsindia.org 1 The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015 seeks to Amend the Act of 2013 (LARR Act, 2013). 2 The Bill creates five special categories of land use: 1. defence, 2. rural infrastructure, 3. affordable housing, 4. industrial corridors, and 5. infrastructure projects including Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects where the central government owns the land 3 The Bill exempts the five categories from provisions of the LARR Act, 2013 which requires the consent of 80 per cent of land ownersto be obtained for private projects and that of 70 per cent of land owners for PPP projects. 4 The Bill allows exemption for projects in these five categories from requiring Social Impact Assessment be done to identify those affected and from the restrictions on the acquisition of irrigated multi-cropped land imposed by LARR Act 2013. 5 The Bill brings provisions for compensation, rehabilitation, and resettlement under other related Acts such as the National Highways Act and the Railways Act in consonance with the LARR Act. 6 The Bill changes acquisition of land for private companies mentioned in LARR Act, 2013 to acquisition for 'private entities'. A private entity could include companies, corporations and nonprofit organisations. II/V. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cabinet-clears-repromulgation-of-land-ordinance/article7054403.ece Updated: March 31, 2015 21:55 IST Cabinet clears re-promulgation of land ordinance PTI The land bill passed by the Lok Sabha and pending before the Rajya Sabha has no chance of being cleared before April 5. The Union Cabinet late Tuesday decided to recommend re-promulgation of the land acquisition ordinance incorporating nine amendments that were part of the bill that was passed in the Lok Sabha earlier this month. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the bill passed by the Lower House and pending before the Rajya Sabha has no chance of being cleared before April 5, 2015. Now the recommendation will go to President Pranab Mukherjee, who is expected to reissue the ordinance in time before April 5, 2015 when the previous ordinance will lapse. Sources said that it will be a new ordinance that will incorporate all the nine amendments brought in Lok Sabha saying it cannot be different from the bill already pending. The pending measure, titled Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill that was passed in the Lok Sabha sought to replace the ordinance that was promulgated in December 2014. The ordinance should have been cleared by Parliament before April 5, 2015 if it was to subsist. But the government faced a hurdle in the Rajya Sabha, where it could not get the bill to replace it cleared because of lack of numbers. The opposition was not in a mood to oblige the government and in fact mounted a strong campaign against it. Led by Sonia Gandhi, the opposition parties demanded the passage of the original land bill that was passed during the UPA regime. Brushing aside opposition to the ordinance, the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs on Friday decided to prorogue the current session of the Rajya Sabha paving the way for reissuing it. On Saturday, the President prorogued the Upper House. Under the Constitution at least one of the Houses has to be prorogued for the government to issue an ordinance. Parliament is currently on a month-long recess after the Budget session that started on February 23. The land ordinance was among the six executive orders issued by the government in the inter session period. While five of them were cleared by Parliament, the land measure is stuck. Once it is re-promulgated, it will be the 11th ordinance to be issued by the Modi government. Here are the six important facts you need to know about the Land Bill. Source: prsindia.org 1 The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015 seeks to Amend the Act of 2013 (LARR Act, 2013). 2 The Bill creates five special categories of land use: 1. defence, 2. rural infrastructure, 3. affordable housing, 4. industrial corridors, and 5. infrastructure projects including Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects where the central government owns the land 3 The Bill exempts the five categories from provisions of the LARR Act, 2013 which requires the consent of 80 per cent of land ownersto be obtained for private projects and that of 70 per cent of land owners for PPP projects. 4 The Bill allows exemption for projects in these five categories from requiring Social Impact Assessment be done to identify those affected and from the restrictions on the acquisition of irrigated multi-cropped land imposed by LARR Act 2013. 5 The Bill brings provisions for compensation, rehabilitation, and resettlement under other related Acts such as the National Highways Act and the Railways Act in consonance with the LARR Act. 6 The Bill changes acquisition of land for private companies mentioned in LARR Act, 2013 to acquisition for 'private entities'. A private entity could include companies, corporations and nonprofit organisations. III/V. http://www.firstpost.com/politics/let-land-bill-passed-first-amendments-later-rajnath-tells-opposition-2181519.html Let land bill be passed first, amendments later: Rajnath tells Opposition Mar 31, 2015 19:28 IST Teen Bigha (West Bengal): Government on Tuesday appealed to the Opposition to support the land acquisition bill and help in its passage in Parliament while amendments in the interest of farmers could be taken up later. "Let the land acquisition bill be passed first. If it proves in future that it is hurting farmers' interests, we can always amend it. Government is ready to do that. But let it be passed in Parliament first," Home Minister Rajnath Singh told PTI in West Bengal. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. ReutersUnion Home Minister Rajnath Singh. Reuters He said the welfare of farmers and development of villages were very much necessary for the country as without comprehensive development of farmers, there cannot be any progress of India. Singh said that the NDA government was committed to the development of rural communities in the country. "I would like to appeal to political parties to support the land acquisition bill and allow its passage in Parliament," he said. The land acquisition bill could not be passed in Rajya Sabha as most of the opposition parties are opposed to it and the government does not have the numbers in the Upper House. The government had promulgated the land acquisition ordinance in October 2014 and the legislation was supposed to be passed by Parliament by 5 April. Since it did not happen, the Budget session of Rajya Sabha was prorogued to facilitate the re-promulgation of the ordinance. While the bill, providing for amending the Act of 2013, cleared Lok Sabha earlier this month, it got stuck in Rajya Sabha with entire opposition uniting in the House where the ruling NDA is in a minority. An ordinance has to be converted into an Act through passage of a bill in Parliament within 42 days or six weeks from the day a session begins after promulgation of an ordinance. If the government wants to keep the ordinance in force, it will have to re-promulgate it before 5 April, which is the 42nd day since the Budget Session began on 23 February. PTI IV/V. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/politics/land-bill-on-the-agenda-of-bjp-national-executive/article7054385.ece Land Bill on the agenda of BJP national executive OUR BUREAU Party's key meet in Bengaluru will steer clear of economic resolutions NEW DELHI, MARCH 31: The contentious Land Acquisition Bill will be the focus of deliberations at the first meeting of the BJP's newly-constituted national executive under party president Amit Shah in Bangaluru on April 3 and 4. The BJP's constitution dictates that the national executive will meet every three months. However, the party has not held a routine national executive session for more than a year since January 2014. A session of the national council was held in August 2014 to ratify the appointment of Shah as party president. But Shah has so far not presided over any meeting of the party's national executive. The first session of Shah's national executive promises to be as different from the past as the functioning of the new president in that there will be no economic resolution. The practice so far was for the executive to deliberate over the political and economic situation of the country and adopt resolutions on the same. Foreign policy But in the upcoming executive, there will be no economic resolution. However, there will be a resolution on the foreign policy initiatives of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A drafting committee that includes party vice-presidents Prabhat Jha and Vinay Sahastrabudhe along with general secretary Ram Madhav is believed to be drafting the political resolution as well as the one dealing with foreign policy initiatives of the new government. Modi has placed a strong thrust on his foreign engagements and has been widely praised for his focus on the neighbouring countries. In the light of the question mark that had hitherto been placed on his international acceptability, the BJP is naturally keen to project the Prime Minister's success with his foreign policy initiatives. The government's focus on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015 will form a major part of the political resolution. It is believed that a presentation will be made to the national executive on the proposed amendments to the Land Acquisition Bill. The presentation will be mostly likely made by a senior member of the national executive, preferably with a rural background. The BJP is facing stiff opposition on the ordinance that introduced these amendments. The ruling party does not have a majority in the Rajya Sabha, where a united opposition is determined to block the amendments. The Centre has thus decided to re-promulgate the ordinance on April 5 and has already prorogued the Rajya Sabha for the purpose. While both Modi and Shah with senior ministers and MPs have been busy canvassing popular support for the amendment Bill, it is important that the party understands the import and the reason for pushing ahead with this particular legislation which is being widely opposed. (This article was published on March 31, 2015) V. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rally-against-land-bill-to-be-rahuls-comeback-show/article7049974.ece Updated: March 31, 2015 11:45 IST Rally against land Bill to be Rahul's comeback show SMITA GUPTA COMMENT (79) · PRINT · T T inShare A rally against the Centre's land acquisition policy may turn out to be the first public appearance of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi after his expected return around mid-April from a sabbatical at an undisclosed location abroad. File photo The Hindu A rally against the Centre's land acquisition policy may turn out to be the first public appearance of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi after his expected return around mid-April from a sabbatical at an undisclosed location abroad. File photo TOPICS parties and movements political parties politics national politics In his absence, Sonia mobilised public opinion, united the opposition A rally in the national capital on April 19 against the Narendra Modi government's land acquisition policy may turn out to be the first public appearance of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi after his expected return around mid-April from a two-month long sabbatical at an undisclosed location abroad. During his absence, party president Sonia Gandhi mobilised public opinion and united the opposition against changes made by the Modi government to the 2013 land acquisition law, particularly the dilution of the provision that mandated farmers' consent ahead of land takeover. Mr. Gandhi had cut his teeth in agitation politics in 2011 by protesting against forcible land acquisition, and the party is hoping that there is a public mood against the dilution of the law that it can ride on. "We hope Rahulji will be there," a senior party functionary said. The caution is understandable: senior party leaders were taken by surprise when, on the opening day of the Budget Session of Parliament, they learnt that Mr. Gandhi had gone abroad to "introspect" on the state of the Congress, thus missing the entire first segment. "Every senior leader will take part," said Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh, when asked whether Mr. Gandhi's participation was confirmed. Here are the six important facts you need to know about the Land Bill. Source: prsindia.org 1 The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015 seeks to Amend the Act of 2013 (LARR Act, 2013). 2 The Bill creates five special categories of land use: 1. defence, 2. rural infrastructure, 3. affordable housing, 4. industrial corridors, and 5. infrastructure projects including Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects where the central government owns the land 3 The Bill exempts the five categories from provisions of the LARR Act, 2013 which requires the consent of 80 per cent of land ownersto be obtained for private projects and that of 70 per cent of land owners for PPP projects. 4 The Bill allows exemption for projects in these five categories from requiring Social Impact Assessment be done to identify those affected and from the restrictions on the acquisition of irrigated multi-cropped land imposed by LARR Act 2013. 5 The Bill brings provisions for compensation, rehabilitation, and resettlement under other related Acts such as the National Highways Act and the Railways Act in consonance with the LARR Act. 6 The Bill changes acquisition of land for private companies mentioned in LARR Act, 2013 to acquisition for 'private entities'. 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