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The government has decided to fix the land price and the rehabilitation package for the land owners after considering their requirements and speaking to local administration and political parties.
Earlier, the government followed the policy of acquiring land from the owners by giving them the prevailing market price, which was a standard price for all plots in the state.
Now, the state has decided to fix the price according to the area — the price of a particular plot in a specific area will be fixed after considering the requirements of the people of the area, said Commerce and Industry Minister Nirupam Sen. He was speaking at the Steel Conclave 2009, which was organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
Stressing the fact that land availability is not a problem in the state, Sen said: “Land is not at all a serious issue in the state and it has been made to look critical deliberately by some people. We have set up land committees locally to fix the price of land according to the demands of the land-owners or farmers.”
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'Land's not a serious issue in the state..''said Nirupam sen.It's, in fact, under statement or better say a mis-statement.It's land that has landed Left front in such a sorry state.It's land that has given Mamata Banerjee a land to stand on and fight against the Left to dislodge it from power.
Though given adequate price and compensation most of the land owners will part with their land.Stil there will be some who'll not be willing to give away land for emotional and political reasons.In that case what will govt do?Mamata's movement against existing land acquition law or the modified one pending at center for lack of her nonco-operation will always stand in the way of land procurement.It'll also boomerang on her if she comes to power.