Lok Sabha Question No. 792 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-21
Subject: Rehabilitation of Tribals
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA, HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN, ALOK SANJAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 792

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.11.2016

## REHABILITATION OF TRIBALS

## † 792. SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA: SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN: SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:-

- (a)  the total number of tribals affected/ displaced due to various developmental projects in the country during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  the  number  of  complaints  received  by  the  Government  against  the  scheme  of resettlement  and  rehabilitation  of  such  displaced  tribals  and  the  action  taken  by  the Government thereon during the said period, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government for better and proper rehabilitation/resettlement of such displaced tribals across the country and the extent of success therefrom?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI JASWANTSINH BHABHOR)

(a) & (b) In so far as land related issues are concerned, the Ministry of Rural Development, Department of Land Resources (DoLR), is the nodal Ministry at the Centre, which plays a monitoring role in the field of rehabilitation and resettlement of displaced people.  Land and its management fall under the exclusive legislative and administrative jurisdiction of states as provided under the Constitution of India (Seventh Schedule - List ii (State List) - Entry No. (18).  Therefore,  State  wise  details  are  not  maintained  centrally.      DoLR  is  responsible  for collecting  data  regarding  land  acquisition  and  displacement  covering  ST  families  also. Further, the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation is the nodal  Ministry  for  implementing  irrigation  and  Water  Resources  Projects  in  the  country. National  Monitoring  Committee  Constituted  under  Sec.48  of  'Right  to  Fair  Compensation and  Transparency  in  Land  Acquisition,  Rehabilitation  and  Resettlement  (RFCTLARR) Act,2013' has taken up the work of compilation of information regarding  land  acquisition and  displacement.

(c)  : To  ensure  adequate  compensation  and  timely  and  proper  rehabilitation  of  such displaced tribal people across the country, the Government has made special provisions in the 'Right  to  Fair  Compensation  and  Transparency  in  Land  Acquisition,  Rehabilitation  and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Act 2013'.  As per the Act, as far as possible, no land is to be acquired in the scheduled area except as last resort.  In case acquisition or alienation of any land  in  the  Scheduled  Areas,  the  prior  consent  of  Gram  Sabha  or  the  Panchayat  or  the Autonomous District Councils, at the appropriate level  in  the  Scheduled  Area  in  the  Fifth Schedule to the Constitution, as the case may be, are required to be obtained, in all cases of land acquisition in such areas, including acquisition in case of urgency.  The Act also lays down  procedure  and  manner  of  rehabilitation  and  resettlement(R&R)  wherein  R&R  is  an integral  part  of  the  land  acquisition  plan  itself.  Chapter-V  and  VI  of  the  said  Act  contains detailed provision for  R&R  awards  and  their  implementation.    National  Monitoring Committee also reviews and monitors the implementation of R&R schemes and looks into issue related to displacement of people and timely payment of compensation.

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