Mamta meets Ramesh for land bill

Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh met West Bengal's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday.

Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh met West Bengal's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday.

The meet came a day after the government made public the draft of the Land Acquisition Bill.

Ramesh said that the bill would address Banerjee's concerns of compensation and will maintain a minimum prescribed relief and rehabilitation package.

Banerjee is reported to have said, the new draft was positive, and her government would not acquire land forcibly.

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