Land Bill postponed again

Land Acquisition Bill was postponed till the next session of the Parliament. But now there is standing committee  which will give its recommendations. No agricultural land would be acquired not just 'multi-crop' land. Land acquired for public purpose will not be used for private enterprise. We will have to see who acquires land for whom and how, before approving it. No acquisition for making profit. Infrastructure projects do make profit.At least 80% of the people of the area to be acquired should agree to sell.There will be a central law for resettlement and rehabilitation for those who are affected by giving up their land land acquisition.Compensation is compulsory, double the market value.Private companies can acquire land themselves directly from the farmers; and do not need the government to acquire for them.When the government acquired, the farmer had no choice, he had to sell, but now he has a choice to refuse. So Land Bill will be pro-farmer.Marginal farmers have different needs, and they need to sell their land as it is not giving them results. Multi-crop farmers have a highly  fertile land which cannot be given a fixed value--it is invaluable. Previously even multi-crop land could be acquired also if the need was there and there is no other alternative.Acquiring forest land from tribals will need new rules. Where land records are not available,in states like Maharashtra or Madhya Pradesh, new strategies have to be made.Here the land mafia takes over, it coerces the people into to leaving their lands.Small farmer gets the least price and feels powerless.The big farmer gets more than five times than the small farmer for the same kind of land. However we may empower the farmer and make him retain his land, the pressures to sell are greater.31%of our population is urban and it occupies 7% of the land in India.Urban population  keeps expanding and the pressure on the land gets greater and the acquisition of lands in the outskirts(of the farmers) is inevitable.How the land Bill is framed will reflect the respect we give to the poor Indian farmer.It is so far anti-poor and against the farmer and  it is pro-industrialist.