Lok Sabha Question No. 1802 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-05
Subject: Compensation to Farmers
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Ramashankar  Vidharthi Rajbhar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1802

ANSWERED ON 05 th  December, 2024

## COMPENSATION TO FARMERS

1802.     SHRI RAMASHANKAR RAJBHAR:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  provisions  for  compensation  to  farmers  on acquisition of their land for road projects;
- (b) whether the compensation for NH-727A, 727B in Salempur Parliamentary Constituency, district Deoria is being paid at the circle rate of the year 2024, if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  alignment  of  NH-727A  has  been  changed  which  is causing demolition of the houses, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether it is as per rules to create semi-urban and special villages apart from urban villages, if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (e)  whether  a  deduction  of  2/3  over  101  acres  being  made  by considering the farmer's Gata as a unit, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- a) Land for the development and maintenance of National Highways  is  acquired  under  Section  3  of  National  Highways Act,  1956.  The  compensation  is  determined  in  accordance

with the provisions of First Schedule, rehabilitation and resettlement  in  accordance  with  the  Second  Schedule  and infrastructure amenities in accordance with the third Schedule to  the  Right  to  Fair  Compensation  and  Transparency  in  Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Act, 2013.

- (b) The  market  value  has  been  determined  by  Competent Authority for Land Acquisition on the basis of circle rate, on the date of publication of the notification under Section 3A of the National Highways Act, 1956, which in this case is 2020.
- (c) Alignment of the proposed bypass was modified based on the request of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) as the underground IOCL pipeline was overlapping and/or crossing the proposed alignment at several points. Modified alignment was designed as per the  design  standards  laid  down  by  the  Indian  Road  Congress  (IRC) and  IOCL  guidelines keeping  the safety of IOCL  pipeline  and geometry of the proposed bypass.
- (d) As  informed  by  the  Competent  Authority  for  Land  Acquisition (CALA), the circle rates for the semi-urban and special villages apart from urban villages were notified on 13.08.2020 in Deoria District.
- (e) The  CALA  has  informed  that  as  per District Circle  Rates declared  on  13.08.2020  for  Deoria  District  in  Uttar  Pradesh,  the valuation  of  the  agricultural  land  has  been  done  as  per  following criteria:

|   Sr.NO. | Area (in Ha.)         | Valuation *                                                                                                                                                   |
|----------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | 0.00 Ha to 0.1010 Ha. | As per the relevant rate fixed for valuation of agricultural land of the corresponding place                                                                  |
|        2 | More than 0.1010 Ha   | Valuation of area upto 0.1010 Ha. Will be valued as per serial number one above and the remaining land will be valued at 1/3 of the rate fixed at that place. |

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