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"It's pro-farmer, it's not anti-farmer. Many of the areas where the concensus and Social Impact Assessment clauses have been exempted belong to rural areas, rural infrastructure like roads, irrigation, housing, electrification and industrial corridor. Acquisition of land along with Industrial corridor will only enhance the value of the agricultural land that would ultimately benefit farmers."

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Proposed amendments in existing Land Acquisition Act are not anti-farmer

"If they (proposed amendments) were not anti-farmer than what was the need to over-right the 2013 bill? That bill provided us the provision for social impact assessment and also for 70 per cent approval. In a village if 70 per cent people would say than only it will be acquired. Now both the things have been removed. And why should the government acquire land for the private sector?"

GVL Narasimha Rao

BJP Spokesperson

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