The assembly passed the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Bill . the select committee hd reported the bill with major changes, including a provision to pay bonus to paddy cultivators for undertaking cultivation. Thjis bonus will be fixed in relation to production costs and income. The local committee will oversee the enforecemnt of the provisions of the bill which seeks to ban filling up pf paddy fields and wetlands. In the course of the clause by clause discussion the minister agreed to a few amendments of which the most important was the provision that permitted a farmer to convert ten centys land for his residential purpose if it was a panchayath and five cents for the same if it was a municipality or a corporation.
The Hindu, 25th July, 2008
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