 "Centre getting states to adopt model land lease bill")
Wiser after the criticism it had faced in trying to amend the land acquisition law in 2015, the Narendra Modi government has revised its earlier plan for a parliamentary nod to its model land leasing Bill.
Instead, the Centre is persuading state governments to enact it. And, has support from even Opposition party-governed states, such as Congress-ruled Karnataka and Left-ruled Kerala.
The Bill in question aims at enabling farmers and farming groups to lease their land for cultivation through a legal document, without dilution of ownership. NITI Aayog, which drafted it, says the legislation could help release for
