The Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 as introduced in on the 7thSeptember, 2011 has been referred by the Speaker, to the Departmentally Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development headed by Smt. , Member, for examination and report.
The Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 seeks to ensure a humane, participatory, informed consultative and transparent process for land acquisition for industrialization, development of essential infrastructural facilities and urbanisation with the least disturbance to the owners of the land and other affected families and provide just and fair compensation to the affected families whose land has been acquired or proposed to be acquired or are affected by such acquisition and make adequate provisions for such affected persons for their rehabilitation and resettlement thereof, and for ensuring that the cumulative outcome of compulsory acquisition should be that affected persons become partners in development leading to an improvement in their post acquisition social and economic status and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The Committee have decided to invite memoranda containing views/suggestions on the Bill, from the individuals/experts/professionals/organizations/associations/ interested in the subject matter of the Bill and also to hear select oral evidence on the subject matter of the Bill.
Those desirous of submitting memoranda to the Committee may send two copies thereof, typed in double space (either in English or Hindi) to Additional Director, Secretariat, Room No. G-141, Ground Floor, Parliament Library Building (PLB), New Delhi-110001 (Tel: 23035116, 23035137 Fax:011-23792769, E-mail: within fifteen days of publication of this advertisement on 03.10.2011. Those who are willing to appear before the Committee for oral evidence besides submitting the memorandum may so indicate.However, the Committee’s decision in this regard shall be final.
The memoranda submitted to the Committee, would form part of the records of the Committee and be treated as confidential.Any violation in this regard would constitute a breach of privilege of the Committee.
The Bill has been published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II, Section 2, dated the 7 September, 2011.Copies of the Bill can be obtained on written request to the above-mentioned Officer or can be downloaded from the official web-site of the (
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