Hannover: Under attack over Land Ordinance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the government was instituting a "rational framework" for acquisition of land without causing distress to farmers and other landowners.
"We are instituting a rational framework for acquisition of land without causing distress to farmers and other landowners," he said here while wooing global investors to India during his address at the inauguration of Hannover Fair.
He did not elaborate but was clearly sending out a message to the business community that land acquisition would not be a problem.
"We are creating a predictable and transparent environment approval process that will protect our natural heritage... With transparency and speed, we have resumed long-stalled projects and allocation of resources. This is adding new momentum to our economy," the Prime Minister said.
His remarks on Land Acquisition Ordinance assume significance as opposition is stepping up a joint campaign against the government over the issue.
The budget session of Rajya Sabha was cut short on March 28 as the House was prorogued to pave the way for re-promulgation of the Land Acquisition Ordinance.
The bill on Land Acquisition, which provides for amending the Act of 2013, was passed by Lok Sabha during the first half of the budget session but it got stuck due to opposition in Rajya Sabha where ruling NDA is woefully short of numbers.
Under the Constitution, at least one of the Houses has to be prorogued to enable the government to issue an Ordinance.
The Land Acquisition Ordinance, which was promulgated in December last, was to lapse on April 5 because the bill could not be passed by Parliament.
The Ordinance was reissued on April 3 and carried the nine official amendments to the earlier Ordinance agreed to by the government in Lok Sabha.
Before that the government had on March 27 decided to prorogue the Rajya Sabha after a meeting of the CCPA.
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