LAND ACQUSITION ORDINANCE/BILL --A FEW POINTS
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/02/24/land-acquisition-bill_n_6740422.html
In December, by an executive ordinance the government made significant
changes in the Land Acquisition Act, including removal of a consent
clause for acquiring land for purposes of industrial corridors,
public-private partnership projects, rural infrastructure, affordable
housing and defence.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/under-pressure-government-agrees-to-consult-all-parties/article6929946.ece?homepage=true
A united Opposition, backed by sustained protests
outside, compelled the Modi government on Tuesday to agree to consult
leaders of all parties to find a way out of the Land Acquisition Bill
imbroglio.
However, the government, despite pressure
from both the Opposition and RSS affiliates, sources said, is reluctant
to give in and make all the changes suggested, as then, the final
product will resemble the original Land Acquisition Act.
At
Tuesday’s BJP parliamentary party meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
urged MPs to explain the Bill’s provisions to their constituents to
counter the Opposition’s criticism.
The
government-Opposition stand-off in Parliament on five other ordinances
continued, with each side registering a minor victory of its own.
Simultaneously, the NDA’s parliamentary managers tried to create public
opinion to use the infrequently deployed provision of a joint session.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/govt-ready-to-discuss-ordinances-issue-naidu/article6925266.ece?ref=relatedNews
Facing an attack from opposition parties on the issue of ordinances, the
government today expressed its readiness to discuss and debate in
Parliament the objections raised by the rival parties even as it
dismissed their charge of “Ordinance Raj“.
On the first day of the Budget Session, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M
Venkaiah Naidu asked the parties not to politicise the issue.
Asking the Opposition not to find fault with ordinances per se, Naidu
said, “If they have any problem on the content of the Ordinance, they
are welcome to debate in Parliament...
Government is ready to discuss any objection raised by the Opposition...
Let the Parliament decide. That is my humble request to all the
political parties.”
Niadu said it was the first full fledged budget session of the NDA government and the people have high expectations from it.
He said that development is possible only thorough a proper climate for industry and proper legislative measures.
“Government should do it. That is the expectation of Parliament. I hope
all political parties will understand that and cooperate with the
government in proper conduct of the House, in debating, discussing and
deciding the issues.
“I was pained that some friends in the Opposition said that ours was an
Ordinance Raj. We are a democratic party, and democratic government,”
Naidu said.
He said the NDA government has no fancy for ordinances and they were issued in past as well.
“We recall in the very first year of the republic, three ordinances were
issued in 1950... I put it on record, which might not be palatable to
some people that inspite of having massive majority in Lok Sabha and
Rajya Sabha, the then government had resorted to ordinances,” the
minister said.
Naidu also strongly defended the government on the ordinances on coal
and land. He said that the land ordinance is not anti—farmer.
ALLAHABAD:
BJP today refuted the charge that the Land Acquisition Bill brought
by the Narendra Modi government was "anti-farmer" and claimed that
"long-term interests" of the agriculturists had been kept in mind while
preparing the draft.
The party also defended the decision to go for the ordinance route pointing out that notification of the proposed Act by a certain date was a "Constitutional obligation".
"Opposition parties like Congress, Trinamool, Samajwadi Party and BSP ..
The party also defended the decision to go for the ordinance route pointing out that notification of the proposed Act by a certain date was a "Constitutional obligation".
"Opposition parties like Congress, Trinamool, Samajwadi Party and BSP ..
ALLAHABAD:
BJP today refuted the charge that the Land Acquisition Bill brought
by the Narendra Modi government was "anti-farmer" and claimed that
"long-term interests" of the agriculturists had been kept in mind while
preparing the draft.
The party also defended the decision to go for the ordinance route pointing out that notification of the proposed Act by a certain date was a "Constitutional obligation".
"Opposition parties like Congress, Trinamool, Samajwadi Party and BSP ..
The party also defended the decision to go for the ordinance route pointing out that notification of the proposed Act by a certain date was a "Constitutional obligation".
"Opposition parties like Congress, Trinamool, Samajwadi Party and BSP ..
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