Land Bill In Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha today passed a bill that exempts land within 100 km of the country's borders from the purview of conservation laws and permits setting up of zoos, safaris and eco-tourism facilities in forest areas.

The end of Article 370 means people from other states can now buy land in Jammu and Kashmir and the Right to Information law will be applicable there from now. In a decision with huge implications, the government today announced the scrapping of the Article that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, which was key to its accession to India in...

The government on Monday announced 10 per cent reservation in government jobs and higher education for economically weaker sections in the general category and said it would move a constitutional amendment bill to bring it into effect. The mega move, just months before the national election, was approved in a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minist...

The government and Opposition have agreed to debate the JNU controversy in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Day 2 of Parliament's Budget session. At a meeting this evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message to the BJP's lawmakers was - "debate aggressively."

Slamming the Congress for targeting the NDA government on the land Bill issue, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has said the opposition party should think of what it did when it was in power "before criticising anything".

The government issued a statutory order yesterday to continue benefits for farmers under the 2013 Land Acquisition Act. By using this route, the government has done away with the need to issue the controversial land ordinance for a record fourth time.

With an eye to the coming assembly elections in Bihar -- in which the BJP is taking on a coalition of the JD(U), RJD and the Congress -- the government is actively considering not to reissue the land ordinance and let it lapse in due time, sources told NDTV.

Even before the land acquisition debate started, the government and the Opposition had already arrived at an understanding that the Land Acquisition Bill would be sent to a joint panel of lawmakers - from both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha - for further scrutiny.

The government's plans for land reforms, which have pitched it in a major confrontation with the Opposition, are likely to be assigned for review to a parliamentary committee with representatives of both Houses. The panel will be headed by a BJP parliamentarian and will be assigned a deadline to submit its report, said sources to NDTV.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari today denied any wrongdoing as he confronted aggressive demands by the opposition in Parliament for his sacking over an auditor's report that indicts a company linked to him. The Rajya Sabha was adjourned a record nine times over the protests.

Parliament will again go through the process of passing a bill on the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement this week as the earlier version approved by the two Houses has some drafting errors, perhaps the first such faux pas in a Constitutional amendment bill.

The cabinet today cleared the bill to operationalise the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh. The bill is expected to come up in Rajya Sabha tomorrow. The bill paves the way for land exchange with Bangladesh in four states -- West Bengal, Tripura and Meghalaya and Assam.

The last four days of the budget session of Parliament is expected to be stormy - with the government and opposition being at loggerheads over several key bills, including the flagship Goods and Services Tax bill.

The Congress will continue to oppose the land Bill as it is "anti-farmer and dilutes the pro-farmer provisions of Land Acquisition Act-2013" which was passed with the consent of all parties, former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said today.

Government will soon bring the Constitution amendment Bill in the Rajya Sabha to operationalize the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh as it has got various states, including Trinamool-ruled West Bengal, on board on the issue.

Rajya Sabha today passed a bill that exempts land within 100 km of the country's borders from the purview of conservation laws and permits setting up of zoos, safaris and eco-tourism facilities in forest areas.

The end of Article 370 means people from other states can now buy land in Jammu and Kashmir and the Right to Information law will be applicable there from now. In a decision with huge implications, the government today announced the scrapping of the Article that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, which was key to its accession to India in...

The government on Monday announced 10 per cent reservation in government jobs and higher education for economically weaker sections in the general category and said it would move a constitutional amendment bill to bring it into effect. The mega move, just months before the national election, was approved in a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minist...

The government and Opposition have agreed to debate the JNU controversy in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Day 2 of Parliament's Budget session. At a meeting this evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message to the BJP's lawmakers was - "debate aggressively."

Slamming the Congress for targeting the NDA government on the land Bill issue, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has said the opposition party should think of what it did when it was in power "before criticising anything".

The government issued a statutory order yesterday to continue benefits for farmers under the 2013 Land Acquisition Act. By using this route, the government has done away with the need to issue the controversial land ordinance for a record fourth time.

With an eye to the coming assembly elections in Bihar -- in which the BJP is taking on a coalition of the JD(U), RJD and the Congress -- the government is actively considering not to reissue the land ordinance and let it lapse in due time, sources told NDTV.

Even before the land acquisition debate started, the government and the Opposition had already arrived at an understanding that the Land Acquisition Bill would be sent to a joint panel of lawmakers - from both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha - for further scrutiny.

The government's plans for land reforms, which have pitched it in a major confrontation with the Opposition, are likely to be assigned for review to a parliamentary committee with representatives of both Houses. The panel will be headed by a BJP parliamentarian and will be assigned a deadline to submit its report, said sources to NDTV.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari today denied any wrongdoing as he confronted aggressive demands by the opposition in Parliament for his sacking over an auditor's report that indicts a company linked to him. The Rajya Sabha was adjourned a record nine times over the protests.

Parliament will again go through the process of passing a bill on the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement this week as the earlier version approved by the two Houses has some drafting errors, perhaps the first such faux pas in a Constitutional amendment bill.

The cabinet today cleared the bill to operationalise the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh. The bill is expected to come up in Rajya Sabha tomorrow. The bill paves the way for land exchange with Bangladesh in four states -- West Bengal, Tripura and Meghalaya and Assam.

The last four days of the budget session of Parliament is expected to be stormy - with the government and opposition being at loggerheads over several key bills, including the flagship Goods and Services Tax bill.

The Congress will continue to oppose the land Bill as it is "anti-farmer and dilutes the pro-farmer provisions of Land Acquisition Act-2013" which was passed with the consent of all parties, former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said today.

Government will soon bring the Constitution amendment Bill in the Rajya Sabha to operationalize the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh as it has got various states, including Trinamool-ruled West Bengal, on board on the issue.