A bill to amend the regulations concerning compensation payable for acquisition of immovable property by the central government for public purpose was moved for passage in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Moving The Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property (Amendment) Bill, 2017, Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the amendment was being introduced specifically for defence and national security purposes. The statement of objects and reasons of the bill states that there there have been instances of persons interested in the requisitioned property challenging the notice of acquisition on the ground that the same has been published without affording personal hearing to them by the competent authority.

Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri with MP Harinder Singh Khalsa during the winter session at Parliament House in New Delhi on Tuesday. Pic/PTI Photo