Lok Sabha Question No. 450 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-03
Subject: Acquisition of Farmers Land
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Virendra  Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.450 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2021

## ACQUISITION OF FARMERS LAND

## †450. DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the farmers land was acquired by the Railways at the time of construction of railway lines across the country and if so, the details thereof, Statewise;
- (b) whether  the  farmers  land  was  also  acquired  under  LalitpurKhajuraho  Division  Project  for  the  construction  of  LalitpurSingrauli railway line;
- (c) if so, the details of the number of families of land owning farmers of Madhya Pradesh who have been provided jobs and compensation  so  far  for  the  construction  of  Lalitpur-Singrauli railway line by West Central Railway in lieu of the land acquired;
- (d) the  complete  details  of  pending  number  of  cases  for  providing employment and compensation by West Central Railway Bhopal; and
- (e) the time by which the aforementioned people would be provided jobs and compensation by the Railways and the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMERCE & INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.450  BY  DR.  VIRENDRA  KUMAR  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 03.02.2021 REGARDING ACQUISITION OF FARMERS LAND.

(a): Yes, Sir. For Railway Infrastructure projects such as construction of New Lines, Gauge Conversion and Multi tracking works, acquisition of private land including farmers land is done by the Railways through concerned  State  Governments.  The  process  of  land  acquisition  for Railway projects is continuous and there is no centralized compendium  of  the  details  of  the  amount  of  land  including  farmers land acquired by the Railways at the time of construction of railway lines across the country.

(b): Yes, Sir. Private land including farmers land was also acquired for the Lalitpur- Khajuraho section for construction of Lalitpur- Sangrauli Railway line.

(c): 169 number of families of land-owning farmers of Madhya Pradesh in  Lalitpur-  Khajuraho  section  have  been  provided  jobs  by  West Central Railway. Compensation for land acquired has been deposited with the concerned District Collectors of the State Governments and the  payment  of  Land  Award  to  individual  land  looser  is  made  by concerned Revenue Authority.

(d):  103  number  of  cases  are  pending  for  employment  for  LalitpurKhajuraho new line section. As per extant rules and guidelines, land acquisition is done by Revenue Authorities of State Government and compensation  for  land  acquired  by  the  Railways  is  deposited  with concerned District Collectors. The Railways have deposited the land award with the State Government.

(e):  Jobs  are  provided  to  eligible  land  losers  on  receipt  of  their applications and completion of modalities that includes screening of candidates and verification of their documents. Timeframe for providing  jobs  depends  on  completion  of  modalities  by  the  eligible land losers.

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