Land Acquisition Act 1894

Land acquisition is the facility of the union or a state authorities in India to acquire personal land for the purpose of industrialization, improvement of infrastructural amenities or urbanization of the private land, and to compensate the affected land house owners for their rehabilitation and resettlement.

Laws that govern land acquisition embrace the Indian Tramways Act, 1886, the Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948, the National Highways Act, 1956, the Coal Bearing Areas Acquisition and Development Act, 1957, the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User of Land) Act, 1962, The Land Ports Authority of India Act, 2010, the Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978, the Railways Act, 1989 and the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (LARR) and which came into drive from 1 January 2014. Until 2013, the Land Acquisition Act of 1894 governed land acquisition in India. On 31 December 2013, the President of India promulgated an ordinance with an official mandate to satisfy the dual objectives of farmer welfare; together with expeditiously assembly the strategic and developmental needs of the nation. An modification bill was then introduced in Parliament to endorse the Ordinance. Lok Sabha passed the invoice, which awaits passage by the Rajya Sabha. On 30 May 2015, the President of India promulgated the modification ordinance for third time. Union Government of India has additionally made and notified the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Social Impact Assessment and Consent) Rules, 2014 beneath the Act to manage the procedure. The land acquisition in Jammu and Kashmir is governed by the Jammu and Kashmir Land Acquisition Act, 1934.