New Delhi By defining “public purpose” very broadly in the relevant legislation, the government will ensure private investors in state-controlled infrastructure projects almost always receive its help in mobilising the land required.
The land Bill vetted by a group of ministers earlier and set to to taken up by the Union Cabinet after Diwali will contain an exhaustive list of 29 infrastructure areas as involving public purpose. This means that the government can acquire land for public-private partnership (PPP) projects in these areas, provided the projects are majority-owned by the government and two-thirds of the land owners give their consent. Such public-purpose PPP projects are also eligible for some concessions from state governments, which could reduce the cost of acquisition.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/bill-help-govt-buy-land-ppp-projects
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sandip-das
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ashish-sinha
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-express-new-delhi
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-acquisition
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/legislation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rehabilitation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/infrastructure-development
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-agriculture
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/compensation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-highways-authority-india-nhai
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-rural-development
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
