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States want own land laws
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday that many states were keen on having their own land laws if there was a delay in building consensus over the land bill being considered in Parliament. Briefing media persons after Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the second meeting of the governing council of the NITI Aayog
No two views that land is necessary for development: Jaitley
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday that many states were keen on having their own land laws if there was a delay in building consensus over the land bill being considered in Parliament. Briefing media persons after Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the second meeting of the governing council of the NITI Aayog, Jaitley said there were no two views that land was necessary for development.
The meeting, boycotted by Chief Ministers of the Congress-ruled states, took place a few days ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament which begins on July 21. The meeting was attended by 16 Chief Ministers, including eight from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Jaitley said many Chief Ministers suggested that the Central government should work towards evolving a consensus on the land acquisition bill. “The Chief Ministers said that either the Centre must evolve a consensus, or give enough flexibility to states to frame their own land law. They said they cannot wait indefinitely for a consensus,” he said.
