Draft Land Acquisition Bill

• Land Acquisition Bill: All-party meet fails to reach consensus

  With no consensus emerging on the Land Acquisition Bill in an all-party meeting today, the government has decided to send the draft of the proposed legislation to the leaders concerned for perusal and discuss their suggestions in the next meeting.

• Group of Ministers clears Land Acquisition Bill

  The Land Acquisition Bill will have a provision for consent of two-third of land owners for acquiring land but no contentious retrospective clause as per the draft approved by a Group of Ministers (GoM) on Tuesday after overcoming sharp differences.

• GoM clears Land Acquisition Bill

  The Land Acuisition Bill will have a provision for consent of two-third of land owners for acquiring land but no contentious retrospective clause as per the draft approved by a Group of Ministers today after overcoming sharp differences.

• Land Acquisition bill draft offers better bargain for farmers

  Amid disputes over land acquisition in Greater Noida, the Centre on Wednesday came out with draft of the New Land Acquisition Bill, which is likely to allow landowners to get better bargains for their asset when sold and put to use for other purposes. The draft finalised by the ministry of rural development draft will be placed at its websit...

• Jairam meets Mamata again to gain support for Land Acquisition Bill

  Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh, met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee for the second time over the draft Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation Bill. Mamata had earlier opposed the earlier versions of the bill but it seems that she is happy with the new draft. The new Land Bill is expected to be put up before the union ca...

• Jairam to meet Mamata on Land Bill

  Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh is meeting West Bengal's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today. The meeting comes a day after the government made public the draft of the Land Acquisition Bill.

• Land bill draft makes post-sale rehabilitation mandatory

  With a spate of controversies and clashes over acquisition of farmland for private projects, the government on Friday, unveiled a draft bill to make the process transparent and equitable to all stakeholders, notably rural owners, with provision ns not only for high compensation but also post-sale rehabilitation.

• Jairam Ramesh readies draft of new land acquisition bill: Sources

  Just a week after taking charge as the new Rural Development Minister, Jairam Ramesh has readied the draft of the Centre's new land acquisition bill, say sources.