Lok Sabha Question No. 184 (STARRED), answered on 2016-03-10
Subject: Acquisition of Land by Coal PSUs
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 184 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.3.2016

## 'Acquisition of Land by Coal PSUs'

- *184.   SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL :

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state :

- (a) the  quantum  of  land  acquired  by  coal  PSUs  and  compensation  paid  to  the land oustees during the last three years, year-wise, PSUs-wise;
- (b) whether instances of violation of norms w.r.t. providing compensation/employment have been reported in coal Public Sector Undertakings, if so, the details thereof during the above period, company-wise;
- (c) the corrective action taken by the Government in this regard, company-wise; and
- (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to provide compensation/employment to land oustee?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL, POWER AND NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) to (d) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.  184  for 10.03.2016

(a): In  Coal  India  Limited  (CIL),  land  is  acquired  by  its  subsidiaries  companies. The subsidiary-wise land acquired during the last three years, is given as under:-

(Area in hectare)

| Name of Subsidiary                      | 2012-13   | 2013-14   |   2014-15 |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL)        | 335.64    | 329.98    |   222.71  |
| Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL)       | 11.74     | 28.47     |    31.95  |
| Central Coalfields Limited (CCL)        | 844.12    | 1404.51   |   632.87  |
| Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL)       | -         | -         |   180     |
| Western Coalfields Limited (WCL)        | 2025.823  | 1424.065  |  1345.49  |
| South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) | 470.586   | 1151.757  |   875.258 |
| Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL)       | 1092.442  | 598.766   |    47.506 |

Physical  possession  of  land  as  well  as  payment  of  compensation  is  a continuous process. In case of tenancy land acquired under CBA(A&D) Act 1957, payment of compensation is made before taking physical possession of land. In case of transfer of Government vested land and forest land, compensation is paid during theacquisition process.

The subsidiary-wise total compensation paid against land during the last three years is as given under:-

(Rupees in crore)

| Name of subsidiary                      |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL)        |     35.16 |     29.76 |     95.74 |
| Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL)       |      3.75 |      6.95 |      7.68 |
| Central Coalfields Limited (CCL)        |     17    |     47.57 |     52.37 |
| Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL)       |      5.95 |      7.43 |      5.69 |
| Western Coalfields Limited (WCL)        |     13.16 |     44.17 |    300.29 |
| South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) |     58.45 |    116.54 |    253.19 |
| Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL)       |    314.68 |    588.26 |    445    |
| Total                                   |    448.15 |    840.68 |   1159.96 |

(b)  to  (d) : In  all  the  subsidiaries  of  CIL,  compensation  is  provided  as  per  the  Act under which the land has been acquired.  In all the subsidiaries of CIL, employment against land has been provided as per the R&R Policy of CIL 2012 except, in MCL where R&R Policy of Odisha State Government has been considered for providing employment.  However, there is no instance of violation of norms with reference to providing compensation / employment reported during last three years in any of the subsidiaries  of  CIL.      Due  to  enhanced  thrust  of  the  present  Government  on rehabilitation of displaced persons, long pending cases have been cleared and there is 38 percent increase in payment of compensation against land in 2014-15.

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