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The land Bill will see two important changes before it is cleared by the Cabinet and introduced in Parliament. First, there will be a distinction in the consent requirement from landowners/affected people between cases of government acquiring land for PPP (public-private partnership) projects with public purpose and purely private projects — in the case of the former, consent from only 70% of landowners/affected people will be mandatory, while that from 80% of these people will be required for private companies' acquisition of land for their use. Second, in the case of projects where land acquisition process has been under way for five years or more, the entire process will be nullified and brought under the new norms for a fresh start. The final draft of the proposed LARR (Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement) Bill reportedly marks a departure from what was originally outlined in the Bill as vetted by the parliamentary standing committee.


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