Resettlement & Rehabilitation (R&R) Policy - Ntpc

CHAPTER-III
GUIDELINES ON DELIVERY MECHANISM
3.1 Minimise the land requirement and avoid the acquisition of homesteads
Efforts shall be made to minimise the requirement of private land and avoid the acquisition of
homesteads. This will be ensured by the Corporate Engineering Department with the
involvement of Corporate R&R group, while identifying the land for the proposed project
and finalising the project layout, including design of service facilities, townships etc.
3.2 Land Acquisition:
The land required for setting up of project is Government Lands, Forest Lands and Private
Lands. These are acquired by the State Government and handed over to the project authority
for setting up of the project. Private lands are normally acquired under Land Acquisition Act
1894 (Amended in 1984) with Section-4 notification as the first step. This is followed by
notification of other sections with passing of the award under Section-11. The lands may also
be acquired under other land acquisition and industrial development Acts etc., if so required
during land acquisition process in the diversified areas like coal mining, distribution etc., as
well for projects.
3.2.1 Emergency Acquisition
The lands may however, also be acquired under emergency acquisition under Section-17
under LA Act depending upon the need and requirement.
3.2.2 Land Boundary
Boundary of land acquisition shall be fixed taking care of working constraints / impact area.
Suitable strategy shall be devised for this by the project.
3.2.3 Updation of land records
Strategy may be adopted for updation of land records at the time of project exploration, if
there a need felt for the same.
3.3 Land Acquisition Group at RHQ/Mining division:
Land acquisition Group shall be established at each region and at mining division under the
New-Project/HR with direct reporting to RED/ mining division. This group shall initiate
land acquisition activities for a Greenfield project and coordinate with State Govt. officials
(Secretaries, District Collectors etc.) till all physical possession and mutation of all private/
govt. lands are completed.
3.3.1 Land Acquisition Group at Project:
Lands acquisition group shall be established at each project before initiating notification
under section 4 of LA Act or equivalent and till the land acquisition process is completed and
land mutated /leased in the name of NTPC. These groups will normally function under
Project Human Resources (HR) department and will interact with the State Govt. for all
matters regarding land acquisition. Further, this group will be also responsible for mutation
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