The 2013 Act has brought about several changes to the process of Land Acquisition in the country as under-
· A new provision was introduced for rehabilitation and resettlement to the displaced families (Section 31)
· Schedule-1 provides for an increase in the compensation to the land owners.
· The Act further mandates a social impact assessment to be conducted for all the projects including attaining consent of 80% of the land owners for private projects; and 70% of land owners for public private partnership project.
· The Schedule also incorporates certain change in the process of acquiring land, for example, there is prohibition on the acquisition of an irrigated multi cropped land.
· As far as determination of compensation is concerned, the 13 Acts mentioned in the Fourth Schedule which were earlier exempted from the purview of Land Acquisition Act, 1894, are now brought within the purview of the RFCTLARR Act.