No decision yet on land bill, says Centre
NEW DELHI, Dec 1, 2015, DHNS:
The government on Monday told the Lok Sabha that no decision has been taken on dropping its plan to amend the 2013 land acquisition law.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu clarifying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had just referred to a suggestion from the chief ministers that contentious amendments should be left to the states.
Naidu clarified the position of the government after MPs from the opposition Congress wanted to know why the tenure of the joint parliamentary committee was being extended even after the prime minister made it clear that he had agreed to let the ordinance on the 2013 law to lapse.
The Congress sought the clarification after Speaker Sumitra Mahajan announced that she had granted extension to the committee examining the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015.
She said that the committee was to submit report on November 26 – the first day of the winter session of Parliament. Since the committee could not submit the report on that day, S S Ahluwalia, BJP MP in Lok Sabha and chairman of the committee, sought extension of its term. “I extend the time to submit the report by the last day of the session,” Mahajan said.
But Congress chief whip Jyotiraditya Scindia pointed out that the prime minister had already stated during his “Mann Ki Baat” radio programme that the Centre would leave it to the states to make the changes it wanted to bring into the law.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu clarifying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had just referred to a suggestion from the chief ministers that contentious amendments should be left to the states.
Naidu clarified the position of the government after MPs from the opposition Congress wanted to know why the tenure of the joint parliamentary committee was being extended even after the prime minister made it clear that he had agreed to let the ordinance on the 2013 law to lapse.
The Congress sought the clarification after Speaker Sumitra Mahajan announced that she had granted extension to the committee examining the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015.
She said that the committee was to submit report on November 26 – the first day of the winter session of Parliament. Since the committee could not submit the report on that day, S S Ahluwalia, BJP MP in Lok Sabha and chairman of the committee, sought extension of its term. “I extend the time to submit the report by the last day of the session,” Mahajan said.
But Congress chief whip Jyotiraditya Scindia pointed out that the prime minister had already stated during his “Mann Ki Baat” radio programme that the Centre would leave it to the states to make the changes it wanted to bring into the law.
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