Finance Miniser Arun Jaitley today said the view raised by many states in the second meeting of Governing Council of NITI Aayog was that the Land Acquisition Act needed to be amended. Briefing media after the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, Mr Jaitley said many Chief Ministers stated that the delay in implementing Land Acquisition Act was slowing down development projects. He said many Chief Ministers suggested that the Centre should work towards evolving a consensus on the Land Acquisition Bill.<br/><br/> He said they conveyed that most states were not able to implement the Land Acquisition Act passed by the UPA government. Chief Ministers of 16 states were present at the meeting.