Resettlement Plan March 2015 IND: Second Jharkhand State Road Project Khunti - Tamar Road Prepared by State Highways Authority of Jharkhand (SHAJ), Government of India for the Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (As of March 2015) Currency Unit – Indian Rupee (INR) INR 1.00 = 0.016 USD USD 1.00 = INR 62 ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank AHH Affected Households AP Affected Person BSR Basic Schedule of Rates CPR Common Property Resources EA Executing Agency EE Executive Engineer FGD Focus Group Discussion FHH Female Headed Household GoI Government of India GoJH Government of Jharkhand GRC Grievance Redress Committee GRM Grievance Redressal Mechanism IR Involuntary Resettlement KMS Kilometers LA Land Acquisition LARC Land Acquisition and Resettlement Commission MAW Minimum Agriculture Wage M&E Monitoring & Evaluation NGO Non-Governmental Organization NRRP National Resettlement Rehabilitation Policy PMU Project Management Unit PIU Project Implementation Unit RFCLARRA, 2013 The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 R&R Resettlement & Rehabilitation RO Resettlement Officer RP Resettlement Plan RoW Right-of-Way SC Scheduled Caste SPS Safeguard Policy Statement (ADB 2009) ST Scheduled Tribe 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. 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. Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................. i A. Project Description ...................................................................................................... i B. Objectives of the RP ................................................................................................... i C. Subproject Impacts ..................................................................................................... i D. Impacts on Scheduled Tribes (ST) .............................................................................. i E. Consultation, Participation and Disclosure ................................................................. ii F. Policy and Legal Framework ...................................................................................... ii G. Entitlements, Assistance and Benefits ....................................................................... ii H. Relocation of Housing and Settlement ...................................................................... iii I. Income Restoration and Rehabilitation ..................................................................... iii J. Resettlement Budget and Financing Plan ................................................................. iii K. Grievance Redress Mechanism ................................................................................ iii L. Institutional Arrangement .......................................................................................... iv M. Implementation Schedule ......................................................................................... iv N. Monitoring and Reporting .......................................................................................... iv I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................. 1 A. Background .............................................................................................................. 1 B. Subproject Description .............................................................................................. 1 C. Subproject Impacts ................................................................................................... 2 D. Minimizing Involuntary Resettlement ........................................................................ 3 E. Scope and Objectives of Resettlement Plan ............................................................. 3 II. SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT ................................................. 5 A. Involuntary Resettlement Impacts ....................................................................................... 5 III. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE AFFECTED POPULATION .................................13 A. Profile of Subproject Districts ...................................................................................13 B. Profile of the Affected Households ...........................................................................13 IV. IMPACT ON SCHEDULED TRIBE HOUSEHOLDS ...........................................................20 A. Scheduled Tribes in Jharkhand................................................................................20 B. Key impacts of the Project on Tribals .......................................................................20 C. Project Impact on ST HHs .......................................................................................22 D. Asset Ownership Status of ST HHs .........................................................................23 E. Information about the Subproject .............................................................................24 F. Perceived Positive/Negative Impacts .......................................................................24 G. Mitigation Measures for ST Households ..................................................................25 V. GENDER IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT ...........................................................................26 A. Gender Analysis ......................................................................................................26 B. Gender Impacts of the Project .................................................................................27 VI. Consultation, Participation and Disclosure .........................................................................30 A. Consultation in the Project .......................................................................................30 B. Methods of Consultation ..........................................................................................30 C. Summary of the Consultations .................................................................................33 D. Plan for further Consultation in the Project ...............................................................34 E. Disclosure of Resettlement Plan ..............................................................................35 VII. POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK ................................................................................37 A. Introduction ..............................................................................................................37 B. Policy Framework - Review of Resettlement Legal Framework ................................37 C. National Legislation - The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (RFCLARRA, 2013) .....................37 D. ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS), 2009 .....................................................39 E. Comparison of Government and ADB Policies .........................................................39 F. Involuntary Resettlement Safeguard policy for the project .......................................41 VIII. ENTITLEMENTS, ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS ............................................................43 A. Eligibility and Entitlements .......................................................................................43 B. Entitlement Matrix ....................................................................................................44 C. Cut-off date ..............................................................................................................53 D. Valuation of Assets ..................................................................................................53 IX. RELOCATION OF HOUSING AND SETTLEMENTS .........................................................56 A. Provision for Relocation ...........................................................................................56 B. Relocation Strategy .................................................................................................58 X. INCOME RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION ...........................................................59 A. Loss of Livelihood in this Subproject ........................................................................59 B. Entitlements for Loss of Livelihood ..........................................................................59 C. Income Restoration Measures .................................................................................59 XI. RESETTLEMENT BUDGET AND FINANCING PLAN .......................................................61 A. Introduction ........................................................................................................................61 B. Compensation .........................................................................................................61 C. Assistance ...............................................................................................................61 D. Compensation for Community