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

Highly-placed sources later explained that the decision of not repromulgating the ordinance was taken against the backdrop of the recommendation of NITI Aayog that enacting law on land acquisition should be left to states, since the subject is on the concurrent list of the Constitution.

The sources pointed out to PTI that the bill on land acquisition was still alive in Rajya Sabha and the government is awaiting the report of the joint committee of Parliament on it.

Insisting that the voice of farmers matters the most to him, the Prime Minister said, "the government has an open mind on Land Acquisition Bill, about which there is a lot of controversy. I have said it again and again that I am ready to accept any suggestion for the benefit of farmers."

Modi, during his 20-minute address, maintained that the suggestions to "improve" upon the Land Acquisition Act of 2013 had come from states which wanted the law to be freed from the "clutches of bureaucracy" and ensure development of villages and welfare of farmers by providing irrigation canals, electric poles for electricity, roads, houses and help poor villagers get work.

However, after the government brought the land bill, "a lot of misapprehensions were created, so much fear was instilled among the farmers. The farmers should neither have doubts nor any fear and I will not give any such opportunity to anybody ... Now there is no cause for any doubt and if anybody tries to create fear, you should not be scared," he said.
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