Act 2013 - Department of Land Resources

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY[Penr II-(2) It extends Io the whole oflndia except the Stats of Jammu and Kashmir.(_i) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Covernment may, by notificationin the Official Cazette, appoint:Provided that the Central Govemment shall appoint such date within three monthsfrom the date onwhich the Right to Fair Compensation'and Transparency in LandAcquisition,Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2013 receives the assent ofthe president.Apptication of 2. (/) The provisions ofthis Act relating to land acquisitiorl compensation, rehabilitationAcL and resenlement, shall apply, when the appropriate Covernment acquires land for its ownuse, hold and control, including for Public Sector Undertakings and for public purpose, andshall include the following purposes, namely:-(a) for srrategic purposes relating to naval, military air force, and armed forces ofthe Union, including central paramilitary forces orany work vitalto national security ordefence of India or State police, safety ofthe people; or(r) for infrastructure projects, which includes the following, namely:-(i) all aclivities or items listed in the notification of the Government ofIndia in the Department of Economic Affairs (lnfrastructure Section) numberl3/6/2009-lNF, dated the 27th March,2012, excluding privare hospitals, privareeducational institutions and private hotels;(ii) projects involving agro-processing, supply of inputs to agriculture,warehousing, cold storage facilities, marketing infrastructure for agriculture andallied activities such as dairy fisheries, and meat processing, set up or owned bythe appropriate Government or by a farmers' cooperative or by an institution setup under a statute;(lii) project for industrial corridors ormining activities, national investmentand manufacturing zones, as designated in the National Manufacturing Policy;(iv) project for water harvesting and water conservation structures,sanitation:(v) project for Covemment administered, Covemment aided educationaland research schemes or institutions:(yi) project for spons. heath care, tourism, transportation or spaceprogrammel. (vii) any infrastructure facility as may be notified in this regard by theCenlral Covemment and after tabling ofsuch notification in Parliament;(c) proj ect for proj ect affected fanr i I ies I(d) project for housing for such income groups, as may be specified from time totime by the appropriate Goyernment;(e) project for planned development or the improvement ofvillage sites or anysite in the urban areas or provision of land for residential purposes for the weakersections in rural and urban areasi(fl project for residential purposes to the poor or landless or Io persons residingin areas affected by natural calamities, orto persons displaced or affected by reason ofthe implementation ofany scheme undertaken by the Covemment, any local authorityor a corporation owned or controlled by the State.(2) The provisions of this Act relating to land acquisition, consent, compensation.rehabilitation and resettlement, shall also apply, when the appropriate Government acquiresland for the following purposes, namely:--(d) for public private partnership projects, where the ownership of the landcontinues to vest with the Government, for public purpose as defined insub-section (/);I.