NewsX@9: Controversial Land Acquisition Bill gets Cabinet's nod

NewsX@9 is a NewsX special show which debates the main news event of the day. The cabinet Thursday cleared the Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, that provides for consent of 80 percent of affected land owners if the land is to be acquired by private players. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The bill also provides for assent of 70 percent of affected land owners in case of land acquisition by a public-private partnership project. According to a clause, if the acquired land is lying unutilised for five years, then the take-over will lapse. So we debate today - Does the new Land Acquisition Bill give government license to grab land? We debate this on the show and try to evolve consensus among our panelists over the issue. Watch this NewsX debate special show NewsX@9.

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