Cabinet clears historic land bill, in Parliament today

The landmark Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill that seeks to lay down norms for increased compensation to land owners, is all set to be tabled in Parliament today.

The landmark Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill that seeks to lay down norms for increased compensation to land owners, is all set to be tabled in Parliament today.

The UPA government has tried to address the politically sensitive issues of land acquisition and rehabilitation of affected people by shrinking the role of the state in acquisitions.

The government plans to enact the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Bill, 2011, to replace the existing Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988.

The impact of Jairam Ramesh moving into the Rural Development Ministry was evident on the first day itself — he ordered that a fresh new legislation on land acquisition be drafted instead of the ongoing effort to amend an existing 1894 law in this regard.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday, June 30, approved the final draft Food Security Bill.

Amidst the raging debate on the powers of the proposed Lokpal, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has said the Prime Minister must be kept out of the purview of the anti-corruption body.

The prime minister’s office is believed to have taken serious note of the report in a section of media that exposed scores of surgeries being performed by Indore doctors.

Following the finance ministry’s acquiescence, a Centrally-sponsored scheme will be launched in two months time to monetarily compensate victims of rape.

The confusion regarding the correct age of Army Chief General VK Singh just got confounded with the country’s senior-most legal advisor recommending that any change in the date of birth should be “legally sustainable”.
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