Lok Sabha Question No. 3182 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: Land Acquired by ONGC
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Ramapati Ram Tripathi

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3182 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 TH  MARCH 2021

## Land Acquired by ONGC

## 3182. DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंी Will the Minister of PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a) the State/UT-wise details of the land acquired by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) from the farmers during the year 2016-17;
- (b) whether ONGC has provided compensation to the Farmers and jobs to their children whose lands have been acquired for various projects and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंालय म मंी ) धान धम ी ( MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS

## (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) Details of the land  acquired by the  ONGC  on  permanent  basis  are  at Annexure-I  and  details  of  land  acquired  on  temporary  basis  on  rent/lease/outright purchase are at Annexure- II (b)  ONGC  has  paid  all  dues  in  accordance  with  award  pronounced  by  Land Acquisition  Officer  for  land  acquired  on  permanent  basis.  Jobs  in  ONGC  are provided  in  terms  of  recruitment  policies  for  various  categories  based  on  the requirements. For temporary acquisition of land, due compensation has been paid to
- farmers.
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## Details of Land acquired during 2016-17

1.Land acquired for permanent occupation

|   S. NO. | STATE   | PURPOSE OF LAND ACQUISITION                | PARCELS OF LAND OCCUPIED   |   AREA ACQUIRED (in lakhs Sq. Metres) |   AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION PAID TO FARMERS (Rs. In crore) |
|----------|---------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | GUJARAT | Expansion of Padra Group Gathering Station | -                          |                                  0.54 |                                                   35.91 |

## Annexure-II

## 2.Temporary occupation of land on lease/rent/outright purchase basis

| S. NO.   | STATE          | PURPOSE                           |   PARCELS OF LAND OCCUPIED |   TOTAL AREA OF THE LAND OCCUPIED (in lakhs Sq. Metres) |   AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION PAID TO FARMERS (Rs. In crore) |
|----------|----------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | WEST BENGAL    | Drilling & exploring hydrocarbons |                          3 |                                                    0.29 |                                                    0.66 |
| 2        | Jharkhand      | Drilling & exploring hydrocarbons |                          4 |                                                    0.29 |                                                    0.13 |
| 3        | GUJARAT        | Drilling & exploring hydrocarbons |                         42 |                                                    4.49 |                                                    1.84 |
| 4        | ASSAM          | Drilling & exploring hydrocarbons |                         10 |                                                    2.08 |                                                   16.42 |
| 5        | Andhra Pradesh | Drilling & exploring hydrocarbons |                         22 |                                                    5.16 |                                                    0.81 |
| 6        | Tamilnadu      | Drilling & exploring hydrocarbons |                          9 |                                                    2.67 |                                                    0.71 |
| 7        | Tripura        | Drilling & exploring hydrocarbons |                         16 |                                                    2.53 |                                                    9.78 |
|          | TOTAL          |                                   |                        106 |                                                   17.51 |                                                   29.68 |

## Annexure-I