ROADS AND BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT Public Disclosure Authorized Gujarat State Highway Project-II Public Disclosure Authorized Indigenous Peoples Development Plan Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized July 2013 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.1. PROJECT BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2. OBJECTIVES OF IPDP................................................................................................................ 1-2 1.3. METHODOLOGY ADOPTED FOR IPDP PREPARATION ........................................................ 1-2 1.4. CORRIDOR DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................ 1-3 1.4.1. Dabhoi – Bodeli ................................................................................................................................................ 1-3 1.4.2. Dhansura – Meghraj .......................................................................................................................................... 1-5 1.4.3. Lunawada – Khedapa ........................................................................................................................................ 1-6 2. LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK .............................................................................................. 2-1 2.1. LEGAL FRAMEWORK AT NATIONAL LEVEL ....................................................................... 2-1 2.1.1. Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Areas and Constitution of India ............................................................................ 2-1 2.1.2. National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy, 2007 ...................................................................................... 2-1 2.1.3. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 ............. 2-2 2.1.4. Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 ...................................................... 2-2 2.1.5. Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 ................................................................................. 2-2 2.2. CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS FOR SAFEGUARD OF SC /ST’S ........................................ 2-3 2.2.1. Social Safeguards .............................................................................................................................................. 2-3 2.2.2. Economic Safeguards ........................................................................................................................................ 2-3 2.2.3. Political Safeguards ........................................................................................................................................... 2-4 2.3. LEGAL FRAMEWORK AT STATE LEVEL ............................................................................... 2-4 2.3.1. Bombay Money Lender’s Act ........................................................................................................................... 2-4 2.3.2. Bombay Land Revenue (Gujarat Second Amendment) Act, 1980...................................................................... 2-4 2.4. WORLD BANK POLICIES .......................................................................................................... 2-4 2.4.1. World Bank OP 4.10 ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ........................................................................................ 2-4 2.5. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR ST IN GSHP-II RPF ............................................................. 2-5 3. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF ST’S IN GUJARAT ................................................................... 3-1 3.1. ST POPULATION IN GUJARAT................................................................................................. 3-1 3.2. ST POPULATION IN THE PROJECT DISTRICTS ..................................................................... 3-1 3.3. TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT IN GUJARAT ................................................................................... 3-4 3.3.1. Notified Tribes in Gujarat and Influence in Project Corridor Areas..................................................................... 3-4 3.3.2. Primitive Tribal Groups ..................................................................................................................................... 3-4 4. POLICIES AND PROGRAMS - TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT ............................................................. 4-1 4.1. VANBANDHU KALYAN YOJANA ........................................................................................... 4-1 4.2. AGRICULTURE DIVERSIFICATION PROJECT FOR TRIBAL AREAS OF GUJARAT ........... 4-1 4.3. NEW GUJARAT PATTERN OF FINANCIAL ALLOCATION.................................................... 4-2 4.4. INTEGRATED TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ................................................................ 4-2 4.5. TRIBAL SUB PLAN .................................................................................................................... 4-2 4.6. OTHER KEY INITIATIVES FOR TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT .................................................... 4-2 4.6.1. Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) ..................................................................................................... 4-2 4.6.2. Ashram Shala .................................................................................................................................................... 4-3 4.6.3. Adarsh Niwasi schools ...................................................................................................................................... 4-3 4.6.4. Electricity Connection ....................................................................................................................................... 4-3 4.6.5. Tap Connectivity ............................................................................................................................................... 4-3 4.6.6. Project Sunshine ................................................................................................................................................ 4-3 4.6.7. Integrated Dairy Development Project in Tribal Areas ....................................................................................... 4-4 5. EXISTING INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT ..................... 5-1 5.1. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AT STATE LEVEL ........................................................ 5-1 5.2. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AT DISTRICT LEVEL ................................................... 5-2 6. PROJECT IMPACTS ON SCHEDULED TRIBES ............................................................................. 6-1 6.1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 6-1 6.2. MINIMIZATION OF IMPACTS .................................................................................................. 6-1 6.3. IMPACTS IN FIFTH SCHEDULE AREAS .................................................................................. 6-3 i Gujarat State Highway Project (GSHP) - II Roads & Buildings Department, GoG INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DEVELOPMENT PLAN 6.3.1. Dabhoi-Bodeli Corridor ..................................................................................................................................... 6-3 6.3.2. Dhansura-Meghraj Corridor............................................................................................................................... 6-3 6.3.3. Lunawada-Khedapa Corridor ............................................................................................................................ 6-3 6.4. IMPACTS ON COMMUNITY RIGHTS AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES ................................. 6-3 6.5. SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF ST HOUSEHOLDS ........................................... 6-5 7. FREE, PRIOR AND INFORMED CONSULTATION......................................................................... 7-1 7.1. CONCEPT.................................................................................................................................... 7-1 7.2. IDENTIFICATION OF STAKEHOLDERS .................................................................................. 7-1 7.3. CONSULTATION DURING PROJECT PREPARATION ............................................................ 7-1 7.3.1. Consultation at State Level [Meeting with Commissioner, Tribal Development Department, GoG] ................... 7-2 7.3.2. Consultation at District Level [Meeting with Project Administrators] ................................................................. 7-2 7.3.3. Consultation at Taluka/Village Level [ST Community, Village Panchayat Members, Sarpanch, Taluka Development Officials] ..................................................................................................................................... 7-3 7.4. CONSULTATION DURING IPDP IMPLEMENTATION ............................................................ 7-7 8. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS .......................................................................................... 8-1 8.1. COMPENSATION AND INCOME RESTORATION MEASURES .............................................. 8-1 8.2. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR