Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Volume-I Social Management Framework (SMF), RPF, IPDF & Gender Development Framework March, 2019 Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Assam Inland Water Transport Project, Social Management Framework Report 2018 Contents Executive Summery ........................................................................................................................... 9 Chapter 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 32 1.1. Background ....................................................................................................................... 32 1.2. Project Development Objective (PDO) ....................................................................... 32 1.3. Project Description .......................................................................................................... 32 1.4. Objective of the Assignment ......................................................................................... 36 1.5. Preparation of SIA cum RAP/IPDP .............................................................................. 37 Chapter 2. Overview of Social Baseline of the Project Area ................................................ 38 2.1. Project Area ........................................................................................................................... 38 2.2. Area of Influence .............................................................................................................. 38 2.3. Socio Economic Profile of Assam ............................................................................... 39 2.3.1. District profile of the Project Impact Area .................................................. 39 2.4. Summary of Social Safeguard Impacts and Risks .................................................. 40 2.5. Other main socio-economic concerns identified involves: .................................. 41 Chapter 3. Relevant Policies and Social Legislations ............................................................ 43 3.1. World Bank Policies on Social Safeguard ..................................................................... 43 3.2. Relevant and applicable Laws .......................................................................................... 44 Chapter 4. Institutional Arrangements for Safeguards Management ................................ 46 4.1. Implementation Arrangement for Social Management at PMU ............................ 46 4.2. Environmental and Social Cell (E&S Cell), PIU at the Divisional Level ............. 47 4.2.1. Role of Social Specialist at the E&S Cell .................................................. 47 4.3. Supporting NGO at the PIU............................................................................................ 48 4.4. Contractor .......................................................................................................................... 49 4.5. General Consultants & Technical Supervision Consultant in charge of Supervision and Monitoring ...................................................................................................... 49 4.6. Third party monitoring (quarterly) ............................................................................... 49 Chapter 5. Institutional Capacity Building Strategies ............................................................ 52 Chapter 6. Citizen Engagement .................................................................................................... 53 6.1. Stakeholder Mapping and Analysis: ............................................................................... 53 6.2. Consultations with the Project Affected People .......................................................... 55 6.3. Public Consultations and Disclosure ............................................................................. 55 6.3.1. Prioritization Stage .......................................................................................... 56 Page 1 of 160 Assam Inland Water Transport Project, Social Management Framework Report 2018 6.3.2. Planning Stage: ................................................................................................ 56 6.3.3. Implementation Stage: ..................................................................................... 56 6.3.4 Public Disclosure: ............................................................................................. 58 6.4. Community Monitoring of Incentivisation Scheme for Improvement of Country Boat Services (Jibondinga Scheme) ........................................................................ 59 6.5. Citizen’s charter .................................................................................................. 60 6.6. Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) ........................................................................... 60 6.6.1. Existing Web-enabled GRM system and Hotline ........................................... 60 6.6.2. Review of the Existing GRM Systems ............................................................ 60 6.6.3. Grievance Redress Committee (GRC) at the PIU ........................................... 61 6.6.4. GRC at the PMU ................................................................................................ 62 6.6.5. R&R Authority under RFCTLARR Rules 2015 ................................................ 62 Chapter 7. Gender Development Strategy ................................................................................. 64 7.1. Legal Policy Framework ..................................................................................................... 64 7.2. World Bank Gender Strategy ............................................................................................ 66 7.3. Gender Profile of Assam .................................................................................................... 66 7.3.1. Low Education status ...................................................................................... 66 7.3.2. Low Workforce Participation Rate .................................................................. 66 7.3.3. Women’s Access to Credit System ................................................................. 66 7.3.4. Health Status of Women .................................................................................. 66 7.3.5. Women’s Involvement in the Political Field ................................................... 67 7.3.6. Human Development Index (HDI)/Gender Development Index (GDI) / Gender inequality Index(GII) –Assam .................................................................................... 67 7.4. Gender Based Violence (GBV) .......................................................................................... 67 7.4.1. Risk Assessment ............................................................................................. 68 7.4.2. Setting up of Internal Complaints Committee for addressing Sexual Harassment at the Workplace ................................................................................... 68 7.5. Women as producers and traders – gendered value chains ............................ 69 7.5.1. Challenges faced by women in using IWT are summarised below: ............. 69 7.6. Gender Action Plan .............................................................................................................. 69 Chapter 8. Indigenous Peoples Development Framework .................................................... 74 8.1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 74 8.2. Rationale & Objective of IPPF ........................................................................................... 74 8.3. Social Profile ......................................................................................................................... 75 8.4. Status of scheduled Tribes in the Project Districts .................................................... 76 Page 2 of 160 Assam Inland Water Transport Project, Social Management Framework Report 2018 8.5. Indigenous Peoples Policy Objectives (IPPF) .............................................................. 77 8.6. Applicable Legal and Policy Framework ........................................................... 77 8.7. Indigenous People Development Framework ............................................................... 79 8.8. Potential impacts on IP/STs .............................................................................................. 81 8.9. GRM for IPP ........................................................................................................................... 82 8.10. Institutional and Implementation Arrangements ....................................................... 82 8.11. Budget and Financing ....................................................................................................... 82 Chapter.9. Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) .................................................................. 83 9.1. Objective of RPF ................................................................................................................... 83 9.2. Comparative Analysis of World Bank OP 4.12 on Involuntary Resettlement and RFCTLARR Act, 2013 .................................................................................................................