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National Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar favoured the acquisition of land by the state governments. "We cannot think of industrialization or starting of any Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects in teh absence of acuisition of land by the state. Every project will come to standstill, So this (acquisition) has to happen. There is no way out," said Sharad Pawar, Maratha strongman and an important UPA allay, whose view matters on every crucial issue. The parliamentary committee had recommended that the government need not acquire land for PPPs or the private sector. The committee argued that since the government did not acquire captial or manpower for the private sector, it should not acquire land either. It also argued that no country in the world other than India acquires land for private companies.
Jairam Ramesh rejected the suggestion to delete a clause in the Land Acquisition Bill, allowing the government to acquire land for PPP projects He also said the government would not compromise with the fundamental principles in the Bill, whose thrust is on urbanization and industrialization. The Rural Development minister said that India would not have industrialized to the extent it did without support of the government's land acquisition polity. However, specific provisions for compensation have been made to compensate land owners in case of acquisition of land. The draft Bill proposes adequate compensation in terms of subsistence allowance. Attacking the UPA government and threatening a fight to the finish by August on the issue of black money, Anna Hazare andyyoga guru Baba Ramdev sat on a day- long fast on Sunday protesting against corruption. In their first apperance on a public platform after a year, Hazare and Ramdev arrived at the protest venue of Jantar Mantar together this morning after visiting Mahatma Gandhi's memorial and Shahis Park. Ramdv began his campaign by issuing a warning to the government to get ready for "fight to the finish" by