Land Ordinance To Lapse

With the land ordinance allowed to lapse, the government's priority will now be to take up three other ordinance-related bills fast as Winter Session of Parliament begins on November 26.

Social activist Anna Hazare today said he has decided to suspend his agitation scheduled on October 2 in New Delhi as the Central government allowed the Land Ordinance to lapse and implemented the One Rank One Pension (OROP) for ex-servicemen.

Asserting that Opposition has been vindicated on the Land bill issue, Congress today said the country had lost eight months due to "politics of obstinacy, rigidity and non-engagement" by the Modi Government.

In his address to the nation on his monthly radio programme 'Mann ki Baat' on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government will allow the land ordinance to lapse due to the opposition it faced, but no one should be allowed to mislead the farmers.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today kept up suspense on whether controversial land acquisition ordinance will be extended, saying a decision will be taken in the next 48 hours.

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.

The controversial land ordinance may be allowed to lapse and the government will soon issue an order to continue benefits for farmers under the 2013 Land Acquisition Act.

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.

The Union Cabinet on Tuesday decided to re-promulgate the land acquisition ordinance with nine amendments. These amendments were introduced in the bill that was passed in Lok Sabha last month. With no possibility of the bill being passed in Rajya Sabha before April 5 when the ordinance lapses, the government had no option but to reissue the ordinan...

The government is preparing to reissue or repromulgate its controversial ordinance on land reforms, said the Press Trust of India. The executive order, which is aimed at making it easier for businesses to acquire land from farmers, lapses on April 5.

The Union Cabinet will decide next steps on the Land Acquisition Bill, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today as Parliament closed for a month-long recess in the Budget Session. The ordinance or emergency executive order that the bill seeks to ratify lapses on April 5, during the recess.

With the land ordinance allowed to lapse, the government's priority will now be to take up three other ordinance-related bills fast as Winter Session of Parliament begins on November 26.

Social activist Anna Hazare today said he has decided to suspend his agitation scheduled on October 2 in New Delhi as the Central government allowed the Land Ordinance to lapse and implemented the One Rank One Pension (OROP) for ex-servicemen.

Asserting that Opposition has been vindicated on the Land bill issue, Congress today said the country had lost eight months due to "politics of obstinacy, rigidity and non-engagement" by the Modi Government.

In his address to the nation on his monthly radio programme 'Mann ki Baat' on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government will allow the land ordinance to lapse due to the opposition it faced, but no one should be allowed to mislead the farmers.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today kept up suspense on whether controversial land acquisition ordinance will be extended, saying a decision will be taken in the next 48 hours.

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.

The controversial land ordinance may be allowed to lapse and the government will soon issue an order to continue benefits for farmers under the 2013 Land Acquisition Act.

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.

The Union Cabinet on Tuesday decided to re-promulgate the land acquisition ordinance with nine amendments. These amendments were introduced in the bill that was passed in Lok Sabha last month. With no possibility of the bill being passed in Rajya Sabha before April 5 when the ordinance lapses, the government had no option but to reissue the ordinan...

The government is preparing to reissue or repromulgate its controversial ordinance on land reforms, said the Press Trust of India. The executive order, which is aimed at making it easier for businesses to acquire land from farmers, lapses on April 5.

The Union Cabinet will decide next steps on the Land Acquisition Bill, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today as Parliament closed for a month-long recess in the Budget Session. The ordinance or emergency executive order that the bill seeks to ratify lapses on April 5, during the recess.