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Mar 20 2015 : The Economic Times (Mumbai) BLACK MONEY BILL IN UPPER HOUSE TODAY- Congress, Left Block Mines & Coal Bills in RS New Delhi: Our Political Bureau Govt threatens to extend session; Cong wants bill sent back to select panel The government's plans to get the mines and minerals bill passed in the Rajya Sabha was stonewalled by Congress and Left parties as they demanded that the proposed legislation be sent back to the select committee. With Congress forcing adjournment of the House, the coal mill [read "bill"] could also not be taken up. With ordinances on the two issues lapsing on April 5, government indicated that it may extend the session by a week to get them passed. An agreement was reached after talks between BJP , Congress and the Left in the Chairperson's chamber as per which the mines bill will be taken up by the Rajya Sabha on Friday at 11 am. The coal bill is will be taken up after ques tion hour. Soon after the budget was passed by the Rajya Sabha, Dy Chairperson PJ Ku r i e n a n nounced that the mines and minerals bill be tak en up for discussion and passage.While CPM member P Rajeeve moved an amendment stating that the bill should be referred back to the select committee which had submitted its report -with four dissenting notes -on Wednesday . Congress members protested against the `dictatorship' of BJP and said the select panel had not incorporated suggestions of majority members and the report was hurriedly prepared. Government sources claimed SP , JD(U), TMC, DMK, AIADMK, BSP and TDP , are on board. They alleged since Congress and Left knew their amendments would be defeated, they disrupted proceedings and forced adjournments. Congress MPs walked into the well of the House and forced two adjournments after which the House was adjourned for the day . Click To Enlarge Click To Enlarge Click To Enlarge II/III. http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31818&articlexml=BJP-Panel-too-Favours-80-Consent-Clause-20032015002057 Mar 20 2015 : The Economic Times (Mumbai) BJP Panel too Favours 80% Consent Clause Nistula Hebbar New Delhi LAND BILL Like the rumour of grease-ridden cartridges that had set off the revolt of 1857, rumours are strengthening opposition to bill: Malik Even as the NDA government seems to be determined to pass the Right to Fair Compensation & Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation & Resettlement Bill, 2015, an internal committee of BJP has found some sticking points on the consent clause even among farmer groups sympathetic to the party . According to top sources ` in BJP , the eight-member committee headed by party vice-president Satya Pal Malik has submitted its feedback to party chief Amit Shah. Though at least six out of the nine amendments made to the bill in the Lok Sabha were as a result of this committee's feed back, one important sticking point has remained unresolved. "Most of the representations made by farmers groups and activists to the committee wanted restitution of the clause which stipulated that 80% of land owners should give consent for acquisition before the state can step in and acquire the remaining bit for any private project," Malik told ET. "We haven't submitted any written report; just given a feedback and written ideas suggested by stakeholders whom we spoke to for over 10 days," he added. "I feel there is more propaganda around it than what is actually there. It is a fair bill, but like the rumour of grease ridden cartridges which had set off the revolt of 1857, rumours are strengthening the opposition to the bill," he added. For example, he added, the acquisition of land one km deep from proposed industrial corridors was being touted as a grave rip off."Yet, provision for acquisition of land 500 metres on either side of the corridor is there in the old UPA bill too," Satya Pal Malik added. Click To Enlarge Click To Enlarge III. http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31818&articlexml=APOLOGISE-TO-FARMERS-Cong-Rejects-Govt-Invite-to-20032015002074 Mar 20 2015 : The Economic Times (Mumbai) `APOLOGISE TO FARMERS' - Cong Rejects Govt Invite to Debate New Delhi Our Political Bureau The Congress leadership has rejected Cabinet minister Nitin Gadkari's bid for a peace-making effort with the opposition party on the contentious land acquisition bill. Congress' resolve to stay focused on the farmers issue is also evident from Sonia Gandhi's plan to tour Rajasthan and Haryana, where untimely rains have caused damage to crops. Soon after the Centre publicised that Gadkari had written to Opposition parties and Anna Hazare, inviting them for debate and dialogue, AICC rejected it and asked Centre to withdraw the bill and apologise to farmers. Terming Gadkari's effort as diversionary tactics, Congress asked the minister and PM Modi not to try to "hoodwink" farmers. The Congress statement pointed to the "unusual hurry" the NDA government had showed in bringing the ordinance, "using the tyranny of majority" in pushing the bill through the Lok Sabha and the BJP U-turn by diluting UPA 's land bill, which the saffron party had supported. Congress also wondered why Gadkari was trying to jump in when Rural Development Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh was keeping mum. Click To Enlarge Click To Enlarge -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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