Cabinet Clears Ordinance to Make Acquisition of Land Easier | Read
The cabinet has cleared emergency executive orders to greatly ease land-acquisition rules and auction minerals such as iron ore to kickstart hundreds of billions of dollars in stalled projects. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that while the interests of farmers have been protected, five categories of projects including defense and national security and rural infrastructure and low-cost housing will be exempt from strict regulations cleared earlier.
