<div>Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday that the government's roadmap for reforms to make it easier for businesses to buy land was the fastest route to passing it.</div><div> </div><div>The government referred its Land Acquisition Bill to a committee after failing to pass it in the parliamentary session just ended, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's almost a year-old government.</div><div> </div><div>The opposition Congress party, defeated by Modi's nationalist party in a general election last May, has fought back against the bill, calling it ‘anti-farmer’. The NDA government lacks the votes in the Rajya Sabha to pass the measure.</div><div> </div><div>Jaitley also said that foreign direct investment (FDI) into India had risen by 40% in the FY-2015 from a year ago.</div><div> </div><div>Addressing a news conference, Jaitley said the nearly one-year-old government faced challenges in increasing infrastructure spending and boosting manufacturing.</div><div> </div><div>(Reuters)</div>
