interview point of view Main points of Land acquisition bill are
- Government introduce a bill in Lok Sabha that provides for just and fair compensation and makes it compulsory for consent of 80 per cent people of any area where land is to be acquired for developmental purposes.
- The much-awaited Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, was introduced by Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh after making some changes in its earlier draft. The proposed legislation will replace a more than century old Act.
- It also proposes to develop an equivalent area of culturable wasteland, if multi-crop land is acquired.
- Also says only rehabilitation and resettlement provisions will apply when private companies buy land for a project - more than 100 acres in rural areas, or more than 50 acres in urban areas.
- Land that is not used within 10 years in accordance with the purposes, for which it was acquired, shall be transferred to the state government's Land Bank," says the statement of objects and reasons of the bill.
- The bill also suggests that if the acquired land belongs to a tribal person, then an additional compensation would have to be worked out. \
Source from IndianExpress and NDTV
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