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THIRTY-FIRST REPORT STANDING COMMITTEE ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT (2011-2012) (FIFTEENTH LOK SABHA) MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (DEPARTMENT OF LAND RESOURCES) ‘THE LAND ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT BILL, 2011’ Presented to Lok Sabha on 17.05.2012 Laid in Rajya Sabha on 17.05.2012 LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI May, 2012/Vaisakha, 1934 (Saka) C.R.D. No. 33 Price : Rs. 374.00 © 2012 BY LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT Published under Rule 382 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha (Fourteenth Edition) and Printed by Jainco Art India, New Delhi-110 005. CONTENTS PAGE COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE (2011-12) .......................................... (v) INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ (vii) REPORT I. Introduction ................................................................................... 1 II. Consultation Process before Introduction of the Bill ......... 4 III. Key issues relating to the LARR Bill .................................... 6 A. Doctrine of Eminent Domain and Acquisition as ‘Public Purpose’ for Private Corporations, Public Private-Partnerships .............................................................. 7 B. Powers of the Central Government vis-a-vis State Governments in legislation for sale/purchase of land and R & R provisions ........................................................ 15 C. Role of Institutions of self government established by Parts IX & IX-A of the Constitution in land acquisition and R & R ............................................................................. 22 D. Applicability of LARR Bill, 2011 in Scheduled Areas (Schedules V and VI of the Constitution) .................... 27 E. Special provisions to safeguard Food Security (Clause 10) ............................................................................. 34 F. Exemption of 16 Central Acts from Provisions of the Bill (Clause 98 and Fourth Schedule)............................. 41 G. Miscellaneous (i) Applicability of LARR Bill vis-a-vis existing Acts relating to Land Acquisition (Clauses 97 and 100) ......................................................................... 48 (ii) Issues relating to land for Mining on lease ........ 49 IV. Definitions (Clause 3) ................................................................. 49 V. Determination of Social Impact & Public Purpose (Clauses 4-9) ................................................................................. 86 (i) PAGE VI. Notification and Acquisition (Clauses 11-25)..................... 107 VII. Determination of Market Value and the amount of Compensation (Clauses 26 to 29 and the First Schedule) ..................................................................................... 115 VIII. Acquisition of Land under Urgency Provision (Clause 38) .................................................................................. 129 IX. Procedure and manner of Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Clauses 39 to 41) ............................................ 137 X. National Monitoring Committee for Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Clauses 43-44) .................................................. 140 XI. Establishment of Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority (Clauses 45 to 68) ........................ 142 XII. Temporary Occupation of Land (Clauses 75 to 77) ........ 144 XIII. Offences and Penalties (Clauses 78 to 84)......................... 147 XIV. Change of purpose, Return of unutilised land, sharing of profit, etc. .............................................................................. 151 A. Change of Purpose for use of Land (Clause 93) ...... 151 B. Change of ownership (Clause 94) ................................. 153 C. Return of Unutilized Land (Clause 95)........................ 154 D. Sharing of higher consideration in cases of Transfer of Land (Clause 96) ........................................................... 157 XV. Power of the Government to amend the Schedules (Clause 99) .................................................................................. 160 XVI Land Acquisition process under Act No. 1 of 1894 vis-a-vis Repeal and Savings (Clauses 24 and 107) ......... 164 XVII. Rehabilitation and Resettlement Entitlements (Second Schedule) ..................................................................................... 169 XVIII. Infrastructural facilities/basic amenities for resettled population (the Third Schedule) ........................................... 186 ANNEXURE Model Activity Map ................................................................. 189 APPENDICES I. The Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 ...................................................................................... 192 (ii) PAGE II. List of State Governments, Central Ministries, Organisations, Farmers’ Associations and Associations of Industry which appeared before the Committee for evidence ....................................................................................... 296 III. Minutes of the First sitting of the Committee held on 29 September, 2011 ................................................................... 298 IV. Minutes of the Second sitting of the Committee held on 13 October, 2011 ........................................................................ 300 V. Minutes of the Third sitting of the Committee held on 21 October, 2011 ........................................................................ 304 VI. Minutes of the Fourth sitting of the Committee held on 02 November, 2011 ................................................................... 308 VII. Minutes of the Fifth sitting of the Committee held on 03 November, 2011 ................................................................... 311 VIII. Minutes of the Sixth sitting of the Committee held on 16 November, 2011 ................................................................... 313 IX. Minutes of the Seventh sitting of the Committee held on 16 November, 2011............................................................. 316 X. Minutes of the Eighth sitting of the Committee held on 30 November, 2011 ................................................................... 320 XI. Minutes of the Ninth sitting of the Committee held on 14 December, 2011 .................................................................... 325 XII. Minutes of the Tenth sitting of the Committee held on 15 December, 2011 .................................................................... 328 XIII. Minutes of the Eleventh sitting of the Committee held on 05 January, 2012.................................................................. 331 XIV. Minutes of the Twelfth sitting of the Committee held on 19 January, 2012.................................................................. 335 XV. Minutes of the Fourteenth sitting of the Committee held on 16 February, 2012 ............................................................... 339 XVI. Minutes of the Fifteenth sitting of the Committee held on 22 February, 2012 ............................................................... 344 XVII. Minutes of the Sixteenth sitting of the Committee held on 29 February, 2012 ............................................................... 346 XVIII. Minutes of the Seventeenth sitting of the Committee held on 15 March, 2012 .......................................................... 349 (iii) PAGE XIX. Minutes of the Twenty-third sitting of the Committee held on 19 April, 2012 ............................................................ 352 XX. Minutes of the Twenty-fifth sitting of the Committee held on 07 May, 2012.............................................................. 356 XXI. Minutes of the Twenty-sixth sitting of the Committee held on 09 May, 2012.............................................................. 358 XXII. Minutes of the Twenty-seventh sitting of the Committee held on 10 May, 2012.............................................................. 360 XXIII. Minutes of the Twenty-eighth sitting of the Committee held on 15 May, 2012.............................................................. 362 (iv) COMPOSITION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT (2011-2012) Shrimati Sumitra Mahajan — Chairperson MEMBERS Lok Sabha 2. Shri Gajanan D. Babar 3. Shri Sandeep Dikshit 4. Shri Manikrao Hodlya Gavit 5. Shri Maheshwar Hazari 6. Shri Ramesh Vishwanath Katti 7. Shri P. Kumar 8. Shri Raghuvir Singh Meena 9. Dr. Ratna De (Nag) 10. Shri Rakesh Pandey 11. Shri A. Sai Prathap 12. Shri P.L. Punia 13. Shri A. Venkatarami Reddy 14. Shri Arjun Charan Sethi 15. Shri Bishnu Pada Ray* 16. Dr. Sanjay Singh 17. Smt. Supriya Sule 18. Shri Kodikunnil Suresh 19. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar 20. Shri A.K.S. Vijayan 21. Smt. Vijaya Shanthi M** Rajya Sabha 22. Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar 23. Shri Munquad Ali# * Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 03.01.2012 vice Shri Navjot Singh Sidhu. ** Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 25.11.2011. # Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 04.05.2012 vice Shri Ganga Charan retired on 02.04.2012. (v) 24. Shri Hussain Dalwai 25. Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa 26. Dr. Ram Prakash 27. Shri P. Rajeeve^ 28. Shri Mohan Singh 29. Smt. Maya Singh 30. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan@ 31. Shri D. Bandyopadhyay$ SECRETARIAT 1. Shri Brahm Dutt — Joint Secretary 2. Smt. Veena Sharma — Director 3. Shri A.K. Shah — Additional Director 4. Shri Ravi Kant Prasad Sinha — Committee Assistant ^ Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 02.11.2011 vice Shri P.R. Rajan resigned on 27.10.2011.