Centre floats draft model tenancy law: Will states bite the bullet?

Within a week of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stating in her maiden Budget speech the need do away with archaic rental laws, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has come out with the draft Model Tenancy Act, 2019, for public comments.

Experts point out, like in the case of setting up of the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA), the implementation of the Tenancy Act will be state-dependent. However, the Centre may not come out with a central Act for rent control with land being a state subject.  

“The Model Tenancy Act may just be a template. Land is a state subject