With the passage of the land bill, cost of acquiring land will go up, rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday dismissed the industry’s fear about the measure as, ‘exaggerated and overblown’.
Ramesh, the architect of the path-breaking legislation, justified the stringent provisions in the bill saying any measure that empower farmers, livelihood losers, tribals and Dalits is in the interest of nation.
‘Will the cost of acquisition go up? Yes. Will the time taken for the acquisition go up? Not necessarily. Will acquisition be more humane? Yes. Will acquisition prevents long-term agitation? Yes,’ he said and asked the industry to judge the bill in totality and not from sectional point of view.
He was reacting to certain queries a day after Lok Sabha cleared 'The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2012’.
‘Fears (of industry) are largely exaggerated and overblown. Any bill that protects the interest of farmers, livelihood losers, tribals and Dalits is in national interest. Any bill that closes the door on forcible acquisition (of land) is also in the interest of the nation,’ Ramesh said.
Ramesh, the architect of the path-breaking legislation, justified the stringent provisions in the bill saying any measure that empower farmers, livelihood losers, tribals and Dalits is in the interest of nation.
‘Will the cost of acquisition go up? Yes. Will the time taken for the acquisition go up? Not necessarily. Will acquisition be more humane? Yes. Will acquisition prevents long-term agitation? Yes,’ he said and asked the industry to judge the bill in totality and not from sectional point of view.
He was reacting to certain queries a day after Lok Sabha cleared 'The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2012’.
‘Fears (of industry) are largely exaggerated and overblown. Any bill that protects the interest of farmers, livelihood losers, tribals and Dalits is in national interest. Any bill that closes the door on forcible acquisition (of land) is also in the interest of the nation,’ Ramesh said.