Land Acquisition (amendment) Bill, 2015 passed in

Lok Sabha
11-MAR-2015

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Who: Land Acquisition (amendment) Bill, 2015
Where: Lok Sabha
What: Passed
When: 10 March 2015

Lok Sabha on 10 March 2015 passed the Land Acquisition (amendment) Bill, 2015 by voice
vote. The bill amends the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition,
Rehabilitation

and

Resettlement

(RFCTLARR)

Act,

2013.

The Land Acquisition (amendment) Bill seeks to ratify an ordinance or emergency

executive

order

which

was

passed

on

29

December

2015.

Before being passed the Union Government made nine amendments in the Bill (more than
50 were proposed) which was promulgated on 29 December 2014. But it refused to bring
back the consent clause or social impact assessment.

Nine amended provisions which were accepted includes

Removed exemptions for Social Infrastructure Projects in public-private-partnership mode
Land that will be acquired for industrial corridors will be limited to one kilometre on either
side of highways and railway lines
Compulsory employment will be provided to one member of a farming family that is
selling its land
A hassle-free grievance redressal mechanism of land losers will be put in place
Farmers may get right to appeal/complain over land acquisition hearing and redressal of
grievances at the district level
Ceiling on land for acquisition in industrial corridors
Panchayat's nod may be mandatory for acquiring tribal land
Government may acquire land for government bodies, corporations
Term private entity was replaced with private enterprise
Comment and Analysis
The Bill that replaces the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition,
Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Act, 2013 saw debates and protests across the
country since the time the ordinance related to it was passed. The main point that raised
protests was the removal of the consent clause or social impact assessment.