Bill Summary
The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition,
Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015
The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in
Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement
(Amendment) Bill, 2015 was introduced in the Lok Sabha
by the Minister for Rural Development, Mr. Birender
Singh on February 24, 2015. The Bill amends the Right
to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land
Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013
(LARR Act, 2013).
The Bill replaces the Right to Fair Compensation and
Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and
Resettlement (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014.
The LARR Act, 2013 outlines the process to be followed
when land is acquired for a public purpose. Key changes
made by the Bill are:
Provisions of other laws in consonance with the LARR
2013: The LARR Act, 2013 exempted 13 laws (such as
the National Highways Act, 1956 and the Railways Act,
1989) from its purview. However, the LARR Act, 2013
required that the compensation, rehabilitation, and
resettlement provisions of these 13 laws be brought in
consonance with the LARR Act, 2013, within a year of its
enactment (that is, by January 1, 2015), through a
notification. The Bill brings the compensation,
rehabilitation, and resettlement provisions of these 13
laws in consonance with the LARR Act, 2013.
Exemption of five categories of land use from certain
provisions: The Bill creates five special categories of land
use: (i) defence, (ii) rural infrastructure, (iii) affordable
housing, (iv) industrial corridors, and (v) infrastructure
projects including Public Private Partnership (PPP)
projects where the central government owns the land.
The LARR Act, 2013 requires that the consent of 80% of
land owners is obtained for private projects and that the
consent of 70% of land owners be obtained for PPP
projects. The Bill exempts the five...