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| Amendments introduced by Modi's party to
soften the impact of the reforms ensured the backing of most of his
coalition partners and victory in a Lok Sabha vote. But they failed to
placate opposition parties, who stormed out of the chamber. Modi, 64, wants to overhaul a land acquisition act passed by the last government which, his backers say, has tied up billions of dollars in infrastructure and industry investments in red tape. Yet although his nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a sweeping mandate in last May's general election, it lacks the votes in the Rajya Sabha to put those changes permanently on to the statute book. Modi issued an executive order in December to exempt projects in defence, rural electrification, rural housing and industrial corridors from provisions of the 2013 law requiring 80 percent of affected landowners to agree to a deal. |
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