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Parliamentary panel on land bill postpones meet for 6 days after MPs' suspension

The meeting of the Joint Committee of Parliament on the Land Acquisition Bill was today postponed for six days. This followed demand from Congress as one of its members Rajeev Satav who has been suspended from Lok Sabha, can not attend the meeting. The move will mean that committee will have to seek a fresh extension as its deadline ends on 7th of this month. The panel has decided to meet again on Monday morning before Parliament convenes.<br/><br/>After unanimously agreeing to bring back consent clause and social impact assessment in the land acquisition law yesterday, the Committee was to discuss the issue of clause relating to the time-frame after which unutilised acquired land must be returned to its original owner.

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