Lok Sabha Question No. 2672 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: Land Acquisition for NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: HARI NARAYAN RAJBHAR, MAHEISH GIRRI, POONAM  MAHAJAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2672

ANSWERED ON 27 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## LAND ACQUISITION FOR NHS

## 2672.   SHRI HARINARAYAN RAJBHAR: SHRI MAHEISH GIRRI: SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

(a) whether National Highways Authority of India Limited has acquired land in various States of  the  country  including  Uttar  Pradesh  at  present  for  construction  of  National  Highways (NHs);

(b)  if  so,  the  land  acquired  by  the  NHAI  and  the  details  of  compensation  given  to people/farmers  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  State-wise  including  Uttar Pradesh;

(c)  whether  the  Government  has  launched  any  web  utility  for  land  acquisition  related processes developed to move towards total e-governance and reduce processing time and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government has come up with any innovative financing models and means to mobilize funds from the market and if so, the details thereof;

(e)  whether  the  land  acquisition  cost  for  the  National  Highway  projects  in  the  State  of Maharashtra increased during each of the last five years, if so, the details thereof including the land cost per hectare and the expenditure incurred for acquiring land for National Highway projects and total land possessed for the same during the last five years, year-wise and projectwise; and

(f) if so, the reasons for the escalation of the land acquisition cost and the steps taken by the Government to deal with the situation and cost management of the upcoming road projects?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a) and (b) Yes, Madam. Details of land acquired and compensation paid throughout the country including Uttar Pradesh by the NHAI during last three years and the current year are at Annexure I. State wise details of compensation paid for land are not maintained.

(c) Yes, Madam. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has developed a Web Utility, whereby,  the  land  acquisition  procedure  for  the  National  Highway  Projects  including processing  of  all  Land  Acquisition  related  gazette  notification  are  done  through  a  common platform namely 'BHOOMIRASHI'.  It has been found that whereas physical processing of the  cases  usually  takes  time  running  from  weeks  and  in  some  cases  even  months,  the processing time though the portal has been reduced to few days and to less than two weeks in majority of cases.

(d) The  Government  has  approved  an  innovative  financing  model  -  TOT  model  -  to mobilize funds from the market in August, 2016. NHAI has also explored offshore markets and has issued maiden rupees denominated masala bonds of INR 3000 cr. in May 2017, which have been listed on London Stock Exchange, Singapore Stock Exchange and India INX.

(e) and (f) The details of land acquired and amount deposited to the Competent Authority for  Land  Acquisition  (CALA)  in  the  State  of  Maharashtra  is  at Annexure  II. The  details regarding land acquired during the last five years, year-wise and project-wise in the State of Maharasthra are being compiled and would be laid on the Table of the House.

The  reasons  for  escalation  of  land  acquisition  cost  due  to  following  stipulations contained  in  the  Right  to  Fair  Compensation  and  Transparency  in  Land  Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Act, 2013 for determination of compensation; (i)  The  higher  value  amongst  prevailing  circle-rates  or  average  of  highest  50%  of  salestransactions of past 03 years shall be the market value of land, (ii) Value of land in rural areas shall  be  multiplied  by  a  factor  determined  by  the  'appropriate'  Government,  and,  (iii) Solatium  @100% shall  be  payable  on  the  sum  of;  (a)  market  value  of  land  (multiplied  by factor) and, (b) value of assets thereon (ie crops, trees, ponds, buildings, bore-wells, structures etc). (iv) Interest @ 12% per annum shall be paid on market value of land from date of 3A/3D Notification upto date of taking possession or payment of compensation, whichever is earlier.

Details of land acquired and compensation paid during current year & past 05 years.

|   Sr No | Year               |   Area Acquired (Ha) | Expenditure (Rs Cr)   |
|---------|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|       1 | 2013-14            |                 8655 | 7,794                 |
|       2 | 2014-15            |                 6733 | 9,097                 |
|       3 | 2015-16            |                 9287 | 21,000                |
|       4 | 2016-17            |                 7491 | 19,700                |
|       5 | 2017-18            |                 9494 | 29,281                |
|       6 | 2018-19 (upto Oct) |                 6435 | 17,893                |

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (e)  AND  (f)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2672  ANSWERED  ON  27.12.2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI HARINARAYAN RAJBHAR AND OTHERS REGARDING LAND ACQUISITION FOR NHS

## Details of land acquired and compensation in the State of Maharashtra

|    Year |   Land in Ha. | Amount deposited to CALA ( in Cr.)   |
|---------|---------------|--------------------------------------|
|  694.57 |       1540.11 | 2015-16                              |
|  953.48 |       2269.57 | 2016-17                              |
| 1451.59 |       3895.85 | 2017-18                              |
| 2411.61 |       5038.2  | 2018-19                              |

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