Centre to enact new Land Acquisition Bill

Centre has decided to bring in a new legislation governing the exercise with a focus on farmers' welfare, Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said on Saturday.The Bill, being fine tuned currently, was expected to be introduced in the coming monsoon session of Parliament, he told reporters in Bangalore. "The focus of the new legislation would be on protecting the interests of farmers, their welfare and also on sustainable development. We need to balance farmers' welfare and sustainable development," Moily said.