have passed measures to return land to farmers which was forcibly
acquired to make way for a car factory.
The chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, said the move would undo the injustice to farmers.
The land in Singur, near Calcutta, was acquired by the state’s former
communist government in 2006 for Tata Motors to make its low-cost Nano
car.
After months of violent protests, the company pulled out of West Bengal.
Tata Motors then went on to set up a new plant in the western state of Gujarat.
Last month, Ms Banerjee won a landslide victory in West Bengal against
the state’s long-serving communist government, on the promise that she
would restore the land.
The draft law would allow for the return of about 400 acres of land to
farmers who never accepted government compensation for their land. Some
legislators have criticised the bill, saying it was introduced in haste.
Others have demanded that the entire 997 acres of land taken for the
project should be restored.
In a statement, Tata Motors said it would study the draft law and take appropriate steps.