Bhubaneswar : With the NDA government at the Centre under attack from the opposition parties over the land bill, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram on Tuesday strongly backed the bill saying it will benefit the tribals considerably with provisions of safeguarding their interests.
“We strongly back the new land bill which has been referred to the joint parliamentary committee. Its passage will benefit the tribal communities,” Oram told here.
Speaking after the inauguration of BJP ST Morcha’s national executive here, both Oram and the Morcha’s national president Faggan Singh Kulaste accused the opposition parties of trying to mislead the people about the land Bill and said it would not harm the tribals at all.
As per the revised provisions of the new bill, tribal people would get four times the compensation when they give away their land for infrastructure works like roads and irrigation projects, Oram said. There were also provisions of providing jobs to one family member of the farmer along with their proper rehabilitation, he said.
