The LARR Bill,2011 will be introduced in the ongoing Parliamentary Session

The LARR Bill, 2011 has been finalised and the Union Cabinet is likely to take it up soon so that it can be brought in Parliament in the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament. Minister of State for Rural Development Shri Lal Chand Kataria said in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on 26th September that the Group of Ministers has already finalized its report in its three meetings held on 27th September, 2012 and 8th and 16th of October, 2012.

Earlier, the LARR Bill, 2011 was approved by the Cabinet on 5th September and it was introduced in Parliament two days later. The Bill was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and the Committee after detailed examination has submitted its 31st Report on the above Bill to the Lok Sabha on 17th May, 2012, which was laid in the Rajya Sabha on the same day. Shri Kataria informed that based on the recommendations or otherwise of the 31st Report, the Bill was considered by the Cabinet on 28th August, 2012 and it was referred to the GoM.

Sources said the bill was finalised in the light of a suggestion of UPA Chairperson Smt Sonia Gandhi who had asked the government to take consent from 80 per cent land owners to purchase land for the purpose of setting up private projects. The GoM had suggested that the consent clause should be kept at 67 per cent for Public-Private Partnership projects and private projects.