The key difference between the two signal agricultural reform measures introduced by the National Democratic Alliance government since 2014 – land acquisition Bill of 2015 and the three farm laws – is in how they end. The land Bill – or to give its full name The Right to Fair Compen？sation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015 went into history once the term of the 16th Lok Sabha ended.

       Though it was passed by the lower House it did not go past the Rajya Sabha. Yet, the government under Prime Minister Narendra ...