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Elements of Rehabilitation and ResettlementEntitlements
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Entitlement/ provision |
Whether provided or not (if provided, details tothe given)
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Provision of housing units in case of displacement |
(1) If a house is lost in rural, areas, a constructed houseshall be provided as per the Indira Awas Yojana specifications.If a house is lost in urban areas, a constructed house shall beprovided, which will be not less than 50 sq mts in plinth area.
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(2) The benefits listed above shall also be extended to anyaffected family which is without homestead land and which hasbeen residing in the area continuously for a period of not lessthan three years preceding the date of notification of theaffected area and which has been involuntarily displaced fromsuch area:
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Provided that any such family in urban areas which opts not totake the house offered, shall get a one-time financial assistancefor house construction, which shall not be less than one lakhfifty thousand rupees:
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Provided further that if any affected family in rural areas soprefers, the equivalent cost of the house gay be offered in lieuof the constructed house:
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Provided also that no family affected by acquisition shall begiven more than one house under the provisions of this Act.
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Explanation.— The houses in urban areas may, ifnecessary, be provided in multi-storied building complexes.
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Land for Land |
In the case of irrigation project, as far as possible and inlieu of compensation to be paid for land acquired, each affectedfamily owning agricultural land in the affected area and whoseland has been acquired or lost, or who has, as a consequence ofthe acquisition or loss of land, been reduced to the status of amarginal farmer or landless, shall be allotted, in the name ofeach person included in the records of rights with regard to theaffected family, a minimum of one acre of land in the commandarea of the project for which the land is acquired:
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Provided that in every project those persons losing land andbelonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes will beprovided land equivalent to land acquired or two and a one-halfacres, whichever is lower.
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Offer for Developed Land |
In case the land is acquired for urbanisation purposes, twentyper cent. of the developed land will be reserved and offered toland owning project affected families, in proportion to the areaof their land acquired and at a price equal to the cost ofacquisition and the cost of development:
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Provided that in case the land owning project affected familywishes to avail of this offer, an equivalent amount will bededucted from the land acquisition compensation package payableto it.
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Choice of Annuity or Employment |
The appropriate Government shall ensure that the affectedfamilies are provided with the following options:
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(a) where jobs are created through the project, afterproviding suitable training and skill development in the requiredfield, make provision for employment at a rate not lower than theminimum wages provided for in any other law for the time being inforce, to at least one member per affected family in the projector arrange for a job in such other project as may be required; or
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(b) one time payment of five lakhs rupees per affected family;or
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(c) annuity policies that shall pay not less than two thousandrupees per month per family for twenty years, with appropriateindexation to the Consumer Price Index for AgriculturalLabourers.
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Subsistence grant for displaced families for a period of oneyear
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Each affected family which is dis placed from the landacquired shall be given a monthly subsistence allowanceequivalent to three thousand rupees per month for a period of oneyear from the date of award.
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In addition to this amount, the Scheduled Castes and theScheduled Tribes displaced from Scheduled Areas shall receive anamount equivalent to fifty thousand rupees.
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In cases of displacement from the Scheduled Areas, as far aspossible, the affected families shall be relocated in a similarecological zone, so as to preserve the economic opportunities,language, culture and community life of the tribal communities.
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Transportation cost for displaced families |
Each affected family which is displaced shall get a one-timefinancial assistance of fifty thousand rupees as transportationcost for shifting of the family, building materials, belongingsand cattle.
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Cattle shed/ petty shops cost |
Each affected family having cattle or having a petty shopshall get one-time financial assistance of such amount as theappropriate Government may, by notification, specify subject to aminimum of twenty-five thousand rupees for construction of cattleshed or petty shop as the case may be.
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One-time grant to artisan, small traders and certain others |
Each affected family of an artisan, small trader orself-employed person or an affected family which ownednon-agricultural land or commercial, industrial or institutionalstructure in the affected area, and which has been involuntarilydisplaced from the affected area due to land acquisition, shallget one-time financial assistance of such amount as theappropriate Government may, by notification. specify subject to aminimum of twenty-five thousand rupees.
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Fishing rights |
In cases of irrigation or hydel projects, the affectedfamilies may be allowed fishing rights in the reservoirs, in suchmanner as may be prescribed by the appropriate Government.
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One-time Resettlement Allowance |
Each affected family shall be given a one-time "ResettlementAllowance" of fifty thousand rupees only.
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Stamp duty and registration fee |
(1) The stamp duty and other fees payable for registration ofthe land or house allotted to the affected families shall beborne by the Requiring Body.
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(2) The land for house allotted to the affected families shallbe free from all encumbrances.
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(3) The land or house allotted may be in the joint names ofwife and husband of the affected family.
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