Land Ordinance To Lapse, Will Include Suggestions In Bill, PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Faced with stiff resistance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the government will not repromulgate the controversial ordinance on land acquisition which expires on Monday and declared readiness to incorporate any suggestion in the bill on it which is pending in Rajya Sabha to benefit the farmers.

Apparently referring to the political opponents, he said lot of doubts have been created over the land bill and fear instilled among farmers even though states had suggested amendments to the act of 2013 for the benefit of villages and villagers.

"We had promulgated an ordinance on land acquisition bill which will expire tomorrow. I have decided that it should be allowed to expire. It means restoration of the situation that prevailed before my government took over," the Prime Minister said in his monthly radio programme "Mann Ki Baat".

The government had issued the ordinance three times so far, as the land bill could not be passed in Parliament due to stiff resistance by most of the opposition parties as well as some ruling NDA allies.

The bill, which seeks to amend the act of 2013, is currently being scrutinised by a joint committee of Parliament, to which it was referred by Rajya Sabha during Budget session in the wake of strong opposition by several parties.

The Prime Minister's announcement makes it clear that the government will try to use the legislative route to enact the law, instead of the executive mechanism.
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