Govt always open to changes in land Bill, says RD Minister

A day after the Select Committee of Parliament, headed by BJP MP SS Ahluwalia, agreed for changes in the land Bill, the Modi Government on Tuesday said it was ready to accept the recommendations of the panel in the interest of farmers. Insisting that it was not a climbdown from its earlier position, Rural Development Minister Birender Singh said the Government was always open to changes and had never any objection in accepting good suggestions from any institution, political leader, political party or farmers. 

“We, too, must consider the issues on which there has been a consensus because a Joint Parliamentary Committee is after all considered a mini Parliament. If there are dissent notes, we will examine what are the suggestions,” Singh told reporters.