Lok Sabha Question No. 2215 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-08
Subject: Compensation to Land Owners
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kunhalikutty, P.K.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY  OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED  QUESTTON NO. 22ls

TO BE ANSWERED  ON 08.03.20I8

## Compensation  to Land Owners

## 22T5. SHRI P.IC KUNHALIKUTTY:

will the Minister  of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the Land Acquisition Act passed by the previous Government was objected  by Department  of Industrial  Policy  & Promotion,  Ministry  of Commerce  and Industry and Ministry  of Road Transport and Highways with reference to the compensation  to be paid to the land owners;

- (b)  if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether  the provisions  of the Act providing  compensation  to the land owners,  four times market value in the rural areas  and two times market value in the urban areas,  will not hamper the growth of industrial, road transport  and other infrastructure  industries;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether  the Government proposes  to consider amending the Law to provide only market compensation instead of applying multiplier value and if so, the details thereof; and

(D the total value of road projects  held up due to delay in land acquisition and the steps  being taken to speed up the projects without  any further  delay?

## AIISWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

(a)  & (b): The Right to Fair compensation and Transparency  in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation  and Resettlement  (MCTLARR)  Act,2013 came into force with effect from 0l-01-2014. The Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation  and Resettlement  (LARR) Bill 201I and its Official Amendments were prepared  after following  due process  including consultation with various Central Ministries  / Departments inter alia with Department  of Industrial  policy and Promotion,  Ministry  of Commerce and Industry  and Ministry  of Road Transport and Highways and the same were taken to the Parliament  after competent  approval of the Government.

(c), (d)  & (0: Land acquisition  is undertaken  by the Central and State Governments  under various Cenhal and State Acts, including the RFCTLARR  Act, 2013. Compensation  for land owners under the MCTLARR Act, 2013 are determined  / awarded  as per provisions contained in sections  26 Determination of market value of land by Collector,

section 27 Determination of amount of compensation, section 28 Parameters  to be considered by Collector in determination  of award,

section  29 Determination of value of things attached to land or building, section 30 Award  of solatium  and

First Schedule  I  section 30(2)] COMPENSATION  FOR LAND OWNERS

of the said Act which are in public domain including at http://dolr.nic.in .

The Cenhal Government  vide Order dated 28.08.2015  has made the provisions of the RFCTLARR Act 2013 relating to determination  of compensation  in accordance  with the First Schedule  of the Act applicable  to the cases  of land acquisition under the 13 enactments specified  in the Fourth Schedule of the Act including  inter alia the National  Highways Act, 1956  and the Railways Act, 1989 with effect  from 01.09.2015.

Details  of the land acquired  and the related information etc. under various Central  Acts including  inter alia the National Highways Act, 1956 and the Railways Act, 1989 and State Acts are not maintained  centrally in Department  of Land Resources.

(e): At present there is no proposal to consider any amendment in compensation  provided in the RFCTLARR  Act 2013.

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