DRAFT REPORT 288888222222225 A Demographic Survey and Socio- economic Study for the Project Affected People (PAP) and NON- PAP People of New Kenda OCP, WEST Burdwan District SUBMITTED BY: Dr. Amitabh Pandey Dr. Parul Rishi Dr. Bal Krishna Upadhyay Dr. Ujjal Sarma SUBMITTED TO: EASTERN COALFIELDS LIMITED, KENDA AREA WEST BURDWAN DISTRICT Indian Institute of Forest Management, P.O. Box 357, Nehru Nagar Bhopal (MP) 462003 1 AKNOWLEDGEMENTS Our team would like to express its sincere gratitude towards the General Manager Kenda area Mr. S.K. Singh, for providing us an opportunity to work with their prestigious institution and also for providing us with all the necessary help, support and guidance for the consultancy project. we would like to express our sincere thanks to the Director, IIFM for his kind support throughout the project. We would like to thank Mr. Uday Shankar Choubey (Agent, Kenda Area), Mr. Indranath Chatterjee (Manager, Kenda Area), Mr. Ashish Kumar (Assistant Manager, Environment officer, Kenda Area) and Mr. Monoj Bhattacharjee for supporting me throughout the field visits and facilitating smooth and productive field work. We are highly indebted to the people of Kenda village for their cooperation and support throughout the study. Amitabh Pandey Parul Rishi B K Upadhyay U K Sarma 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents LIST OF ABBREVIATONS4 ................................................................................................................. 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY5 ................................................................................................................... 5 EASTERN COALFIELDS LIMITED: West Burdwan District11....................................................12 KENDA AREA12 .............................................................................................................................13 RATIONALE FOR A SOCIO ECONOMIC STUDY:12 .................................................................13 THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE AND BENEFITS ARISING FROM THE PROJECT15 ...........................................................................................................................................................16 METHODOLOGY17 ............................................................................................................................17 STUDY AREA18 ..................................................................................................................................18 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION21 ........................................................................................................21 ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE:25 ...............................................................25 LIVELIHOOD AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES:27............................................................27 Common Pool Resources in PAP areas29 .............................................................................................30 ANTICIPATED IMPACTS AND SUGGEST MITIGATION MEASURES:30 ..................................30 1.30 30Impact on PAP Population30 ....................................................................................................30 2.31 31Impact on Non-PAP Population31 ............................................................................................31 DETAILED R & R ACTION PLANError! Bookmark not defined. ....................................................32 Type of Compensation Expected From ECL By Community:Error! Bookmark not defined. .............32 PEOPLE PERCEPTION ABOUT THE PROJECT:34 .........................................................................33 CSR PLAN FOR NON- PAP HOUSEHOLDS:37 ...............................................................................36 RECOMMENDATIONSError! Bookmark not defined. ......................................................................39 ANNEXURE I48 .......................................................................................................................................42 ANNEXURE II60 .................................................................................................................................52 ANNEXURE III65 ................................................................................................................................56 ANNEXURE IV75 ................................................................................................................................64 ANNEXURE V89 .................................................................................................................................77 ANNEXURE VI92 .....................................................................................................................................80 ANNEXURE VII93 ....................................................................................................................................81 3 LIST OF ABBREVIATONS 1. Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL 2. CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility 3. ECL – Eastern Coalfields Limited 4. GDP- Gross Domestic Production 5. GoI- Government of India 6. NON – PAP – Non Project Affected People 7. OCP- Open Cast Pit Mining 8. ONGC – Oil And Natural Gas Corporation of India 9. PAP- Project Affected People 10. R&R- Rehabilitation and Resettlement 11. SBM – Swachh Bharat Mission 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Mining is a big industry in India and contributes significantly to the economy. The country is still developing and is dependent hugely on the available natural resources, especially the conventional sources to meet its energy demands. Coal forms a major Non Renewable Resource (NRE) extracted both through Open Cast Mining (OCP) and underground excavation to meet the primary energy demands of the country, however, the coal mines also lead to large scale displacement and resettlement human population concern. Therefore coal mining in the country is very sensitive and politically active issue because it is related with land, which is an important resource for livelihood. India does not produce a very fine quality of coal, that with an ash content of 35-40 percent, therefore we import a huge quantity of better quality coal from other countries. West Bengal state is known for its coal production in India. Many districts in the state are sources of coal reserves and coal mining has been going on for past century. The Raniganj coal mines in the country are the oldest and have a history of producing the best quality coal in the country. Therefore it is important for a developing economy like India to expand its mining sector and enhance the coal production within the country. All the resources are interlinked with each other and therefore extraction of the natural resources has a significant impact on not only the environment but also on the lives and livelihood of the people living in the area. One of the major issues that are associated with mining industry in the country is displacement of human society from the region of coal reserves and problems faced in rehabilitation and resettlement of the project affected people, besides impact of ecology and biodiversity of the region. Though from time to time central government has been making policies to address the issues of resettlement and rehabilitation, latest being R&R policy of 2013. Although there are dedicated policies and plans designed exclusively for the rehabilitation and resettlement of the people by the central government and by Coal India limited as well but it has been observed that the project affected people have always been at the receiving end. To minimize the negative impacts of the project on the lives and livelihood of the people 5 and to ensure a just and equitable compensation this socio economic study was conducted in the OCP Kenda area. There is a dual challenge in front of the authorities, to provide equitable and just compensation to the local people and also to tackle the issues of illegal mining. This project shall serve the dual purpose of providing the people with better place to live and establish themselves and also help the state claim the efficient good quality coal. The objective of this consultancy project was: To conduct the socio-economic survey of PAP and Non PAP of the Kenda area Based on the socio economic survey study suggests Rehabilitation and Resettlement plan for the Project Affected People (PAP’s). To provide Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) plan for the NON- PAP households. As per the agreement with ECL Kenda, the study was divided into two parts, first was to conduct survey in all villages coming under Project Affect area (core), who were to be relocated under the plan. In total 375 households were surveyed in the core area of PAP population. Second approach was to have survey of 15-20% of the total population in the buffer zone referred as Non PAP population. The Kenda Panchayat formed the part of Non PAP area and total survey done in this area was 350 households. The data was collected through two questionnaires one designed for PAP area, other designed for Non PAP region. Besides this, Primary stakeholder consultation with officials of ECL Kendra Area, Kenda panchayat officials and local residents were conducted and participative approach lead to successful completion of consultancy project data collection stage of this socio –economic study. After data collection, the data was entered into excel sheet and analyzed as per the objective of the consultancy project. Not only the PAP’s its highly important to address the issues of the people residing in the close