Cabinet gives nod to Land Acquisition Bill
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After months of debate and public demonstrations against the forced acquisition of land from farmers, the Cabinet on Monday cleared the Land Acquisition Bill that will pave way for a broad set of r…
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Land Acquisition Bill
Will this have a smooth sailing in Loksabha ?
Any doubt about that when more than 40 % of the MPs declare themselves as “ Agriculturists “ ?
Economic Times [ Sept 04,2011 ], gives the following break-up of the “ declared “ professions of our MPs :
Agriculturists …………………………… 224
Social Workers ………………………… 154
Lawyers ……………………………………. 75
Industrialists …………………………….. 27
Medical Practitioners …………………. 20
Film Stars ……………………………………. 6
How would they have declared themselves, if agriculture income was not exempt from income-tax ?
And does agri-income include compensation for land acquired ?
If so, time to buy some agri land –which only an agriculturist can do!
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hemen Parekh
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