Sonia Gandhi makes land acquisition tougher
A recent change has been made by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi in the draft Land Acquisition Bill, making the level of consent of landowners for acquiring land for private purpose even more tougher.
The land owners percentage, whose consent is mandatory or acquiring the land for private purposes has been increased from 67% to 80%.
With the changes made, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, currently heading the Group of Ministers on the bill stated that the consent of land owners was not needed for acquiring land for public purpose.
However, these implemented changes will be circulated among 14 members of the GoM for their opinions.
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