Land Reforms Bill

Pro-farmer organisations backed by a number of other social and political outfits today staged protests across Karnataka over the amendments to the APMC and land reforms act.

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly today passed amendments to the land reforms act that liberalised farmland ownership, despite the Congress strongly opposing it, with some party members tearing copies of the bill, and staging a walkout calling it a "black law".

Farmers groups protested today in Bengaluru and other parts of Karnataka over the three bills passed in parliament last week and the land reform amendments introduced in the ongoing Karnataka Assembly session. There were protests on Hosur Road on the outskirts of the state capital and also near the Mysore Bank Circle - a common site of agitation.

The Narendra Modi government has been "slow" to match its rhetoric in economic reforms, the US State Department said in a report yesterday.

As the Indian government nears its two-year mark in office, global financial services major DBS on Thursday said the reform agenda has been "broad-based, granular and incremental".

With Bihar polls over, Government will today take a call on Parliament's Winter Session as it pitches for the passage of a host of reform legislations, including GST Bill.

Modi's proposed changes to labour laws led to such a furious reaction in organized labour circles, including the BJP's own trade union wing, that the labour reforms he sought in mid-2014 soon after becoming PM had to be postponed to bring the Sangh Parivar on board.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech tomorrow from the historic Red Fort in Delhi will be closely watched by analysts looking for a sign of how he plans to handle his economic reforms agenda, which has been severely bruised in the Parliament session that ended yesterday.

With Parliament continuing to face disruptions and the key reform bills pending to be passed, the Godrej group chairman expressed a fear that if the session were to be adjourned sine die, then it will raise a lot of question marks on the future.

The government has reportedly decided to withdraw virtually all the changes it had made to an existing law on how to acquire farm land for industry after it failed completely at being able to push through the centerpiece of its economic reform agenda. It will now be upto individual states to pass their own laws for business-friendly land reforms.

The Sensex fell on Monday, retreating from a three-month closing high last week, as investors shunned blue chips a day ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament where key reforms such as land acquisition bill are expected to be presented.

In a big blow to an ambitious economic reform agenda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has indicated it may have to row back on a land bill amid fierce parliamentary opposition.

In a research report, the global financial giant also said it is not very hopeful of these two reforms getting passed in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament given the "political controversies", while it expressed hope that RBI would cut its rate by 25 basis points in its August 4 review meet and by further 25 basis points by early 2016.

The government today cleared the contentious land ordinance for the third time after failing to win parliamentary approval for the crucial reform championed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

While discussing one year of the Modi government, senior minister Suresh Prabhu has admitted to NDTV that the backlash to the land reforms was the result of poor public communication of the benefits of the new rules to acquire farmland.

Pro-farmer organisations backed by a number of other social and political outfits today staged protests across Karnataka over the amendments to the APMC and land reforms act.

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly today passed amendments to the land reforms act that liberalised farmland ownership, despite the Congress strongly opposing it, with some party members tearing copies of the bill, and staging a walkout calling it a "black law".

Farmers groups protested today in Bengaluru and other parts of Karnataka over the three bills passed in parliament last week and the land reform amendments introduced in the ongoing Karnataka Assembly session. There were protests on Hosur Road on the outskirts of the state capital and also near the Mysore Bank Circle - a common site of agitation.

The Narendra Modi government has been "slow" to match its rhetoric in economic reforms, the US State Department said in a report yesterday.

As the Indian government nears its two-year mark in office, global financial services major DBS on Thursday said the reform agenda has been "broad-based, granular and incremental".

With Bihar polls over, Government will today take a call on Parliament's Winter Session as it pitches for the passage of a host of reform legislations, including GST Bill.

Modi's proposed changes to labour laws led to such a furious reaction in organized labour circles, including the BJP's own trade union wing, that the labour reforms he sought in mid-2014 soon after becoming PM had to be postponed to bring the Sangh Parivar on board.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech tomorrow from the historic Red Fort in Delhi will be closely watched by analysts looking for a sign of how he plans to handle his economic reforms agenda, which has been severely bruised in the Parliament session that ended yesterday.

With Parliament continuing to face disruptions and the key reform bills pending to be passed, the Godrej group chairman expressed a fear that if the session were to be adjourned sine die, then it will raise a lot of question marks on the future.

The government has reportedly decided to withdraw virtually all the changes it had made to an existing law on how to acquire farm land for industry after it failed completely at being able to push through the centerpiece of its economic reform agenda. It will now be upto individual states to pass their own laws for business-friendly land reforms.

The Sensex fell on Monday, retreating from a three-month closing high last week, as investors shunned blue chips a day ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament where key reforms such as land acquisition bill are expected to be presented.

In a big blow to an ambitious economic reform agenda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has indicated it may have to row back on a land bill amid fierce parliamentary opposition.

In a research report, the global financial giant also said it is not very hopeful of these two reforms getting passed in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament given the "political controversies", while it expressed hope that RBI would cut its rate by 25 basis points in its August 4 review meet and by further 25 basis points by early 2016.

The government today cleared the contentious land ordinance for the third time after failing to win parliamentary approval for the crucial reform championed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

While discussing one year of the Modi government, senior minister Suresh Prabhu has admitted to NDTV that the backlash to the land reforms was the result of poor public communication of the benefits of the new rules to acquire farmland.