With no consensus in sight and the Government facing a number crunch in the Rajya Sabha, the contentious land Bill will now be referred to a joint committee of both the Houses of Parliament, while the GST Bill will go to a Select Committee of the Upper House.
The Central Government is likely to inform Parliament in this regard after firming up the decision on the two issues at a meeting of BJP parliamentary party on Tuesday morning.
The Government may bring a motion in the lok Sabha for setting up of an over-30 member joint committee to examine the land Bill. The motion could then be taken to the Rajya Sabha to approve names in the committee from the Upper House. The Select Committee on the GST could have either 15 or 21 members.
While AIADMK is the only party to have declared its opposition to the economic reform measure, Congress is insisting that it should be sent to a Select Committee for examining the changes that were brought into it by the NDA dispensation.