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Sharad Pawar unhappy with land bill

The agriculture minister fears owners will get excessive powers of negotiation resulting in stalling of projects.

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Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar is not entirely happy with the proposed amendments in the land acquisition act and believes that it could result in further delaying the projects.

“The proposed amendment in the Act that suggests more compensation to the landholders has side-effects to it and would set wrong trends in acquisition. My apprehension is that the owners will get excessive powers of negotiation and this would result in stalling the projects due to the non-acquisition of the land,” he said.

He also added that the politicians of the new generation do not share direct relations with the aam janata. “I still like to travel by road as it gives you fair idea of the living conditions of the people, farming pattern and also the conditions of the road. You get to know and talk to people directly. But today, the politicians have no such direct relations with the people,” he added.

The agriculture minister also announced that the country is all set for the second green revolution that would take place in the eastern part of the country. “The country witnessed first revolution in the northern part of the country and especially in Punjab and Haryana, but the second green revolution would take place in eastern part of the country. Assam, Orissa, West Bengal, Jharkhand and also Bihar lead the revolution,” he said. “The water table level has dropped to 120 foot under ground in Punjab from 9 foot 30 years ago. This is the effect of the excessive production of wheat and rice in the state. On the other hand Bihar and the eastern part has been witnessing flooding of late. With sufficient rainfall, adequate labour and land, the second green revolution is possible in the eastern party in next few years. The second revolution will produce 50% of the farm products consumed in the country.”

Pawar said that mechanisation of the farming in the state would help farmers in raising their productivity and his ministry was has planned in that respect. “If mechanisation is adopted by farmers, it would help them improving their productivity in lesser money and get rid of the shortage of the labour. If adopted, the mechanisation will help the sugarcane farmers in cutting sugarcane on 100 acres with the help of 2 labourers instead of 350 labourers being used today,” he said.

The agriculture minister firmly believe that the countries depending upon agriculture have been crippling with lower GDP, while the developed countries like US, UK , Canada - with the farming population between 3 to 8 % have never depended on agriculture.

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