The government today announced for making legal provisions to provide agricultural land to landless people and land for habitats to homeless people in the country. Addressing a large group of rural people mostly landless, tribal and farmers at Agra the Union Minister for Rural Development Mr. Jairam Ramesh said the government has given this assurance to the Ekta Parishad and it will be implemented.
The Minister said that the government would announce a draft for National Land Reform Policy within six months with the consultation of Parishad and other organisations.

A spokesperson of Jan Satyagrah has told AIR correspondent that with these written assurances from the government the President of Ekta Parishad Mr. PV Rajgopal has announced to conclude the march at Agra. The representatives of marchers have reached on an agreement with the government on all 10 points of their demands and a memorandum of understanding has also been signed by the Minister and the leader of the Jan Satyagrah and noted Gandhiyan Mr. PV Rajgopal.

A large group of farmers had started their march on October 3 from Gwalior under Ekta Parishad, a non-violent social movement working on land and forest rights. They had entered Agra after travelling several districts from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. They are demanding a National Land Reform Policy, Right to Shelter, fast track land tribunals for speedy disposal of land cases and enhanced land access as well as land rights for the poor, marginalised and deprived landless poor.