Gadkari said that sections of the law that deal with compensation, rehabilitation and resettlement would not be touched
New Delhi: Rural development minister Nitin Gadkari indicated that the government may change some provisions of the farmer-friendly land acquisition law, introduced by the previous Congress party-led government, to address concerns of the industry such as the rising cost of acquiring land and procedural delays.
The minister, however, said sections of the law that deal with compensation, rehabilitation and resettlement would not be changed. Gadkari’s comments came after a meeting with state revenue ministers in New Delhi. The states that sent representatives included Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Telangana and Tamil Nadu.
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