Rehabilitation And Resettlement Act, 2013

Appraisal of Social Impact Assessment Report by an Expert Group (1) The appropriate Government shall ensure that the Social Impact Assessment report is evaluated by an independent multi-disciplinary Expert Group, as may be constituted by it. (2) The Expert Group constituted under sub-section (1) shall include the following, namely:— (a)   two non-official social scientists; […]

Publication of Social Impact Assessment Study (1) The appropriate Government shall ensure that the Social Impact Assessment study report and the Social Impact Management Plan referred to in sub-section (6) of section 4 are prepared and made available in the local language to the Panchayat, Municipality or Municipal Corporation, as the case may be, and

Public hearing for Social Impact Assessment Whenever a Social Impact Assessment is required to be prepared under section 4, the appropriate Government shall ensure that a public hearing is held at the affected area, after giving adequate publicity about the date, time and venue for the public hearing, to ascertain the views of the affected

Preparation of Social Impact Assessment Study (1) Whenever the appropriate Government intends to acquire land for a public purpose, it shall consult the concerned Panchayat, Municipality or Municipal Corporation, as the case may be at village level or ward level, in the affected area and carry out a Social Impact Assessment Study in consultation with

Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a)   “Administrator” means an officer appointed for the purpose of rehabilitation and resettlement of affected families under sub-section (1) of section 43; (b)   “affected area” means such area as may be notified by the appropriate Government for the purposes of land acquisition; (c)  

Application of Act 1) The provisions of this Act relating to land acquisition, compensation, rehabilitation and resettlement, shall apply, when the appropriate Government acquires land for its own use, hold and control, including for Public Sector Undertakings and for public purpose, and shall include the following purposes, namely:— (a)   for strategic purposes relating to

Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. (2) It extends to the whole of India [***]. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint: