Showing posts with label Land Acquisition Act. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Land Acquisition Act. Show all posts

Saturday, 31 January 2015

AAP Has The Potential To Shake The Modi Government: Anna Hazare

Social activist and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare is of the opinion that the Aam Admi Party has the potential to shake the Modi government.

Anna HazareOne of BJP's political ads is the topic of discussion these days. The ad depicts AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal in marital knot with the Congress party, and in the background Anna's picture is shown with a garland over it. When Anna was asked to comment on the mentioned ad, he said he would not like to comment as he has not seen the ad yet. After he was shown the cartoon, he burst into laughter.


When the media asked him to respond to Kejriwal's statement that the BJP has 'murdered' Anna, he again laughed out loudly.      

Hazare refused to comment on the coming Delhi elections. He said that he will only comment on the topic when the results are out.

Anna said that he has lost all faith in the Modi government. He further said that not just he but the people of India have also grown disenchanted with the Modi government.

Anna vowed that a movement for a strong Janlokpal Bill and an impartial Land Acquisition Act will be kick-started in Delhi soon. He said, "During the election Modi promised that he will weed out corruption from the system, and bring the black money home; but, there is corruption everywhere, and nothing has been done towards bringing the black money back. And to make the things worse, the BJP government has changed the Land Acquisition Act in favor of the rich."  


On being asked about the movement he said that everything will be scheduled after a meeting within the organization. But, one thing is certain that the movement will have none of the old members of the previous movement. 

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Monday, 29 December 2014

Government Approves Ordinance For Amendments In The Existing Land Acquisition Act

The Union Cabinet today recommended an ordinance that makes significant changes to the Land Acquisition Act including the removal of consent clause for acquiring land for five areas including PPP projects, defense, rural infrastructure, affordable housing, and industrial corridors.  

The Cabinet chaired by the PM himself, made the decision to amend the Act to bring it under its purview 13 central legislations to provide the person whose land is being acquired with higher compensation and rehabilitation.


FM Arun Jaitely said the government has decided to relax a few provisions of the act and add a section 10A to the legislation. He said that the consent clause and Social Impact Assessment will not be applicable to the acquisition process if the land is being acquired for one of the five afore mentioned purposes.     

However, it is worth noting that the compensation and rehabilitation and resettlement packages will be given as per the new Land Acquisition Act for acquiring land for these purposes. One of the significant changes that are supposed to be included in the new Act is now a multi-crop irrigated land can also be acquired for these purposes. 

"Such projects are vital to national security and defense of India including preparation for defense and defense production," Jaitley said.

When asked by the media about the consent clause, the FM said, "if the land acquisition is for the five purposes, then the consent clause will be exempted." The existing act asks for the consent of 70 percent of the land owners whose land is being acquired for the PPP projects.  

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