This will help the govt n staving off debate on the Bill till the second week of the monsoon session, as it is already anticipating a lot of stormy debates
The Joint Committee of Parliament on the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, 2015, has extended its term by a week's time till July 28. Earlier, the committee was slated to table its report in the Parliament on the first day of the monsoon session on July 21. The extension granted to the committee is likely to help the government in staving off debate on the Land Bill till the second week of the monsoon session, as it is already anticipating a lot of stormy debates and obstructions over a spate of recent controversies involving its senior leaders.
The added time, though, also means that the committee is likely to see more depositions and more time for voting on the amendments that will be moved by different members.
On Monday, the committee exclusively recorded depositions of agriculturists alone, representing various universities while on Tuesday, Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) the economic wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, is scheduled to depose before the committee. The Sangh parivar outfit has already held protests against the land bill amendments and has stiffly opposed dilution of the social impact assessment clause and food security measures.
The agriculture scientists' who deposed on Monday, expressed serious reservations about the Land Bill and pointed out that though the legislation may help in rapid industrialisation, it is also likely to affect our domestic food-grain demand. A total of eight agricultural universities deposed today, including Alok Sikka, Deputy Director-General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Dr.Mangala Rai, Vice-Chancellor, GB Pant, University of Agriculture & Technology, Uttarakhand.
According to sources, Dr Rai said during his deposition that the government needs to map the land available across the country on the basis of categories such as fertile, single-crop, multi-crop and even wastelands. Some agriculture scientists also suggested that the government should release information on existing land banks. Representatives of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana and Rajendra Agricultural University, Bihar, were some of the other institutions that deposed before the committee.
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