Resettlement Plan July 2019 IND: Rajasthan State Highway Investment Program Package 3: Losal Salasar Ratangarh Subproject Road Prepared by Public Works Department, Government of Rajasthan for the Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 10 June 2019) Currency unit – Indian rupees (₹) ₹1.00 = $ 0.0144 $1.00 = ₹69.4071 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank DC – District Collector GOI – Government of India GRC – Grievance Redressal Committee IAY – Indira Awaas Yojana RFCTLARR – The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 RLAB – Draft Rajasthan Land Acquisition Bill NGO – Nongovernment organization PD – Project Director PIU – Project implementation Unit PRoW – Proposed Right-of-Way SDRS – Social Development and Resettlement Specialist RoW – Right-of-Way SO – Safeguards Officer SH – State Highway SPS – Safeguard Policy Statement SoR – PWD Schedule of Rate NOTES (i) The fiscal year (FY) of the Government of India and its agencies ends on 31 March. “FY” before a calendar year denotes the year in which the fiscal year ends, e.g., FY2019 ends on 31 March 2019. (ii) In this report, "$" refers to US dollars This resettlement plan is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................. i I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................. 1 A. Background ................................................................................................................ 1 B. Profile of the Subproject Area .................................................................................... 2 C. Subproject Road Description ...................................................................................... 3 D. Subproject Impacts .................................................................................................... 3 E. Minimizing Involuntary Resettlement .......................................................................... 4 F. Impact to Indigenous Peoples .................................................................................... 5 G. Scope and Objective of Resettlement Plan ................................................................ 5 II. SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT ................................................. 6 A. Introduction ................................................................................................................ 6 B. Scope of Land Acquisition .......................................................................................... 6 C. Impact to Structures ................................................................................................... 7 D. Loss of Private Structures .......................................................................................... 7 E. Magnitude of Impact on Structures ............................................................................. 8 F. Loss of Livelihood ...................................................................................................... 9 G. Loss of Trees ............................................................................................................. 9 H. Loss of Common Property Resources ........................................................................ 9 III. SOCIOECONOMIC INFORMATION PROFILE ..................................................................10 A. Involuntary Resettlement Impacts .............................................................................10 B. Methodology Adopted ...............................................................................................10 C. Demographic Profile of Project Affected Households ................................................10 D. Socioeconomic Profile ...............................................................................................12 E. Key Socioeconomic Indicators ..................................................................................13 F. Resettlement Preferences .........................................................................................14 IV. CONSULTATION, PARTICIPATION AND DISCLOSURE .................................................15 A. Consultation in the Project ........................................................................................15 B. Methods of Consultation............................................................................................15 C. Outcome of the Consultations ...................................................................................16 D. Plan for further Consultation in the Project ................................................................20 E. Disclosure .................................................................................................................21 V. POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK ................................................................................22 A. Background ...............................................................................................................22 B. National Legislations, Policies and ADB Policy .........................................................22 C. Legal and Policy Frameworks of Rajasthan State .....................................................23 D. ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS), 2009 .......................................................24 E. Comparison of Government and ADB Policies ..........................................................24 F. Involuntary Resettlement Safeguard Principles for the Project ..................................25 G. Valuation of land and assets .....................................................................................26 VI. ENTITLEMENTS, ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS .............................................................28 A. Introduction ...............................................................................................................28 B. Eligibility Criteria .......................................................................................................28 C. Entitlement Matrix .....................................................................................................28 VII. RELOCATION OF HOUSING AND SETTLEMENTS .........................................................37 A. Provision for Relocation ............................................................................................37 B. Relocation Strategy ...................................................................................................37 C. Development of Resettlement Sites ..........................................................................37 VIII. INCOME RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION ...........................................................39 A. Loss of Livelihood in this Subproject .........................................................................39 B. Entitlements for Loss of Livelihood ............................................................................39 C. Income Restoration Measures...................................................................................40 IX. RESETTLEMENT BUDGET AND FINANCING PLAN........................................................41 A. Introduction ...............................................................................................................41 B. Assistances ...............................................................................................................41 C. Compensation for Community Assets and Government Structures ...........................42 D. RP Implementation Cost ...........................................................................................42 E. Source of Funding and Fund Flow ............................................................................42 F. Resettlement Budget Estimates ................................................................................42 G. Disbursement of Compensation and Assistances......................................................42 X. GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM .........................................................................45 A. Grievance Redressal Committee ...............................................................................45 B. Functions of GRC......................................................................................................45 XI. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ...........................................47 A. Administrator of LARR ..............................................................................................47 B. Project Management Unit ..........................................................................................47 C. Project Implementation Unit ......................................................................................48 D. NGO/Agency for RP Implementation Support ...........................................................48 E.