The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is already expecting a stormy session in the both houses on allegations of corruption and impropriety against its senior ministers and the extension may help it to stave off a debate on the controversial Bill.
The joint parliamentary panel on Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, 2015, has been granted another extension by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan till August first week, putting a question mark over the submission of the committee's report before the end of monsoon session. The committee, which was mandated to submit its report on the first day of monsoon session on Tuesday, was earlier given an extension till July 27. If the committee fails to finish its work in the Monsoon session, the government would have to re-promulgate the land ordinance for a staggering fourth time, to prevent it from lapsing. The ordinance was re-promulgated for the third time on May 31.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is already expecting a stormy session in the both houses on allegations of corruption and impropriety against its senior ministers and the extension may help it to stave off a debate on the controversial Bill. During an all-party meeting on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that "We should move forward on the Land Bill. There are many outside forums where various issues are discussed extensively. The Monsoon session is short, hence the time of Parliament should be used for debating issues which are relevant and important."
The committee has a lot of business to take care of in the added time as the last two meetings saw little work happening. While last week, the secretaries of various state governments remained absent from the committee's meeting, a week earlier too the members could not discuss much. According to sources, the panel chairman SS Ahluwalia is likely to ask time till August 3, to submit its report. In the coming meetings, the committee has to take up clause by clause discussion of the legislation and members also have to move amendments, which will be put to vote.
The joint committee has so far received over 600 memorandums on the Land Bill, 2015, from various bodies such as NGO's, trade bodies, political activists, industry chambers and legal forums. It also recorded 52 oral evidences from individuals and groups. Only two bodies – Confederation of Indian Industry and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry – have supported the controversial amendments to the Bill during their oral evidences. Meanwhile, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's affiliates such as Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh and Swadeshi Jagran Manch slammed the Bill before the committee for diluting the consent clause and doing away with social impact assessment.
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