DHAKA: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday cleared a bill to give effect to the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement (LBA).

Under the land boundary pact, India and Bangladesh want to exchange 161 enclaves which are under each other's adverse possession.

The agreement has to be ratified by Parliament through a constitution amendment bill.

The bill was placed in the Rajya Sabha in 2013 and subsequently referred to a select committee, headed by Shashi Tharoor of Congress, which "unanimously" recommended implementation of the LBA deal.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh had earlier said that the land boundary deal with Bangladesh should be implemented on humantarian grounds.

BDST: 1223 HRS, MAY 5, 2015
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