Land
Acquisition, Rehabilitation & Resettlement Bill 2011
The Collector has to
make sure that no other unutilised lands are available before he moves to
acquire farm land.
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Damage to crops to be included in price..
The final award has
to include damage to any standing crops which might have been harmed due to the
process of acquisition (including the preliminary inspection).
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Share in Developed Land..
In case their land is acquired for
urbanisation purposes twenty per cent
(20%) of the developed land will be reserved & offered to these farmers in proportion to the
area of their land acquired & at a
price equal to the cost of acquisition and the cost of development.
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Fishing Rights.
In the case of
irrigation or / hydel projects, affected families may be allowed fishing rights
in the reservoirs, in such manner as may be prescribed by the appropriate
Government.
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Additional R & R (rehabilitation and resettlement) Benefits..
Farmers are also entitled to the various
rehabilitation & resettlement benefits which are enumerated in response to
question 2.
aa Time Bound Social Impact Assessment..
: The Bill mandates a
Social Impact Assessment of every project which must be completed within a
period of six months.
aa Reduced Qualifying Criteria..
: To qualify for
benefits under this Act the time period has been reduced to 3 years of
dependence (on the acquired land) instead of 5.
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