Lok Sabha Question No. 2243 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-29
Subject: Acquisition of Land
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: A.P. JITHENDER REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2243

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 29 TH  JULY, 2016

## ACQUISITION OF LAND

2243.  SHRI  A.P. JITHENDER REDDY:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the land acquired for defence projects during the last two Five Year Plans;
- (b) whether resettlement, rehabilitation and compensation package has been provided to the land oustees, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  land  was  acquired  for  setting  up  of  Ordnance  Factory  at  Medak, Telangana, if so, the details thereof and the number of persons displaced;
- (d) whether the Government has provided monetary compensation and / or employment  to  all  displaced  persons,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  jobs  to  the  remaining  displaced persons, if so the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

| MINISTER OF DEFENCE   | (SHRI MANOHAR PARRIKAR)   |
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
| j{kk ea=h             | ¼Jh euksgj ijhZdj½        |

- (a)    The  extent  of  land  acquired  during  11 th Five  Year  Plan  and  12 th Five Year Plan are approximately 2112 acres and 4201 acres respectively.
- (b) Out  of  the  above,  resettlement  and  rehabilitation  package  was applicable  only  to  6  cases  as  per  National  Policy  on  Resettlement  and Rehabilitation  for  Project  Affected  Families,  2003,  National  Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy, 2007 and Rehabilitation & Resettlement Policies of  respective  State  Governments.      Details  of  resettlement,  rehabilitation and compensation package provided in the 6 cases are annexed.

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(c)    3205  acres  and  38  guntas  of  land  was  acquired  in  the  year  1982  for establishment of Ordnance Factory at Medak and 132 acres and 39 guntas was acquired in the year 1985 for railway siding, out of which  314 acres and 31 guntas land was surrendered back to the State Government in 1987. The balance land under possession of the Ordnance Factory Medak as on date is 3024 acres and 06 guntas.  As per information, total number of land displaced persons were 672 patta holders approx. (d)  Out of 672 patta holders, 511 patta holders were provided employment. Remaining were not provided employment as some of them did not meet the eligibility criteria and in some cases they did not show interest. (e)    The  factory  has  been established  30  years  back.   Hence,  the  subject recruitment process has been completed as per Recee Board meeting held in 1982 and Ministry of Defence letter dated 29.07.1966.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2243 FOR ANSWER ON 29.7.2016

## Details of Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Compensation Package

|   S. No. | Name of Project                                           | Year of Acquisition/ Area (in acres)   | District and State             | No. of displaced families/ persons   | Land Compensatio n (in Rs.)   | Cost ofR&R Package and Compensation (in Rs.)   | Components                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | DRDO, Kodabhatta                                          | 2003/ 187.32                           | Nabarangpur, Odisha            | 165 persons (43 families)            | 1,87,81,067/-                 | 1,58,14,000/-                                  | Payment of R&R package to beneficiary (Land losers). Development works (2 water tanks and one Community centre). Acquisition of land for road purpose.                                                                                                                                 |
|        2 | Creation of New Firing Point of P.X.E.E. (DRDO)           | 2004/ 324.07                           | Balasore, Odisha               | 908 (470 families)                   | 8,34,68,573/-                 | 5,00,00,000/-                                  | Compensation to the families treated as oustee families, families lost 1/3 rd of their total Agricultural land, encroachers within the acquired land and certain unforeseen families.                                                                                                  |
|        3 | Widening of 150' on either side of RCI and DRDL Link Road | 2003/ 89.131                           | Hyderabad, Telangana           | 135 persons                          | 7,83,90,475/-                 | 17,90,28,315/-                                 | The details of R&R components have not been received from the State Government authorities.                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|        4 | Naval Alternate Operating Base                            | 2006/ 1348.34                          | Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh | 407 families                         | 84,68,66,459/-                | 35,29,50,000/-                                 | Towards construction of R&R colony along with all facilities like Roads, Electric lines, burial grounds, Kalayanamandapam, temple, Church etc. for 407 displaced families. R&R compensation for and subsistence allowance of Project Affected Families and Project Displaced Families. |
|        5 | Air Enclave for Coast Guard                               | 2009/9.4766                            | Ernakulam, Kerala              | 1 person                             | 14,62,37,711/-                | 5,25,000/-                                     | Lumpsum Amount paid by this Ministry to the State Government towards R&R Package.                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|        6 | Sea Bird, Karwar                                          | 2010/ 62.125                           | Uttar Kannada,                 | 149                                  | 5,41,25,488/-                 | 1,43,02,800/-                                  | Rehabilitation gran, cash in lieu of sites                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

| Karnataka   | families   | shifting cost.   |
|-------------|------------|------------------|

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