Lok Sabha Question No. 2116 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Jobs to Displaced Persons
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Arun Sao

## 2116.  SHRI ARUN SAO :

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether there is any provision for providing jobs by  Coal India Limited to the people displaced due to land acquisition for excavation work;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof;
- (c )   whether there are several pending cases of giving employment and proper rehabilitation of displaced persons in South Eastern Coalfields Limited;
- (d)  if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (e)  the time by which the pending cases are likely to be settled?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

- (a) and (b):  Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy, 2012 of Coal India Limited (CIL) and State  Government  of  Madhya  Pradesh's  Rehabilitation  and  Resettlement  Policy,  1991  as modified in 1995 have provision for employment to land oustees.

The relevant portion of the State Government of Madhya Pradesh's R & R Policy is as under:-

- (i)      One  person of the family, whose residential land and more than 1/3 rd land have been acquired is  eligible for getting employment by South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) on first priority basis.
- (ii)    One person of each family, whose non-irrigated land of more than 3 acres and irrigated land of  more than 2 acres have been acquired is  eligible for getting employment by SECL on second priority basis.
- (iii)   One person of such family, whose whole agricultural land and /or residential land have been acquired, is eligible for getting employment by SECL on third priority basis.

## Government of India Ministry of Coal

## Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2116 To be answered on 04.03.2020

## Jobs to Displaced Persons

(iv)   One person of such family whose 2/3 rd agricultural  land has been acquired, is eligible for getting employment by SECL on availability basis.

The  relevant  portion  of  CIL's   R&R  Policy,  2012  for  providing  employment  is  as under:-

(i)    The maximum number of employment that may be provided to the land losers would be limited to the total number of acres of land acquired divided by two.  However, employments is released in proportion to the land possessed.

(ii)   For every two acres of land one employment can be considered.

(iii)  Subsidiaries of CIL may give an option to the land losers having less than two acres of land to club together their land to the extent of two acres and nominate one of the land losers among the  groups  or  their  dependent  for  employment  under  package  deal  or  employment under descending order system by preparing the list of eligible land oustees in the descending order  of  land  lost  subject  to  the  cut  off  equivalent  to  the  total  number  of  permissible employment or any other method with the approval of the respective Board of the subsidiary.

(iv)  The land loser must be a domiciled resident/Mool Niwasi and the certificate to this effect shall be issued by the concerned State Authority.

(c) to (e):  No case is pending for  giving employment and proper rehabilitation of displaced persons  in  South  Eastern  Coalfields  Limited  the  genuine  and  complete  cases  are  settled without delay which  is a continuous process and cases are being settled on receipt of genuine claims.  Genuine and complete applications received for providing employment are disposed off on priority without delay.  In some of the cases where the land oustees fail to submit the required documents, such as proof of land ownership, proof of members of family, certified family tree etc. these incomplete documents cases are further taken up with the land  oustees.

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