Cabinet to take up rehabilitation policy

NEW DELHI: The much-awaited relief and rehabilitation policy for farmers displaced by land acquisition for industrial projects and SEZs will soon be taken to the Cabinet.

“We have sent the draft of the policy to the law ministry. After it is vetted by them (law ministry), we will take it to the Cabinet in a matter of days,” minister for rural development Raguvansh Prasad Singh told reporters here on Tuesday. Singh indicated that compulsory land acquisition for industrial projects, including SEZs, would not be allowed “at any cost” in the policy.