30.7.11

Land Acquisition Bill draft







The government has released a draft of Land Acquisition Bill that seeks to enhance compensation for landowners by up to six times, provides annuity-based payment for 20 years and limits the use of urgency clause to “rarest of rare cases”. The draft, prepared by rural development minister Jairam Ramesh against a looming political deadline for the Congress to wrap up the legislation, has detailed the type of land and the process that should be followed for acquisitions. To begin with, even for public purposes, multicrop, irrigated land will be out of bounds. The land acquisition and relief & rehabilitation (R&R) provisions will apply when the government takes over land for its own use, or for transfer to private companies for stated public purposes, or for declared use by private companies. As a safeguard against misuse, the central government proposes to ensure that the public purpose once stated is not changed. The draft land acquisition bill combines land acquisition and resettlement & rehabilitation under one law . Multi-cropped, irrigated land will not be acquired under any circumstances. Urgency clause to be used in rarest of rare cases . In case of direct acquisition of 100 acres or more by private players, only R&R policy will apply. 80% families have to agree to acquisition if govt acquires land for private players .

Compensation : Draft specifies compensation of at least twice the market value of the land in urban areas. In rural areas, this has to be at least six times the value

R&R Policy To cover landowners and those who lose livelihood .Subsistence allowance of 3,000 a month for displaced family and transportation allowance suggested. Annuity of 2,000 a month for 20 years .Mandatory employment or compensation of 2 lakh for displaced landowners .They will also get 20% of developed land if acquisition is for urbanisation .Offer of shares up to 25% of compensation amount also proposed. For those losing livelihood, resettlement allowance of 50,000 recommended .Scheduled tribe families to get additional sops

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Sakthi said...

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