In force · As amended up to 2026-08
2. Definitions.— In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) "obligation" includes every duty enforceable by law;
(b) "settlement" means an instrument (other than a will or codicil as defined by the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925), whereby the destination or devolution of successive interests in movable or immovable property is disposed of or is agreed to be disposed of;
(c) "trust" has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 (2 of 1882), and includes an obligation in the nature of a trust within the meaning of Chapter IX of that Act;
(d) "trustee" includes every person holding property in trust;
(e) all other words and expressions used herein but not defined, and defined in the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872), have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.
2. Sections 43 and 44 rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1974 (56 of 1974), s. 2 and the First Schedule
(w.e.f. 20-12-1974).
1[THE SCHEDULE
[ See sections 20A and 41 (ha)]
Category of projects and Infrastructure Sub-Sectors
|Sl. No.|Category|Infrastructure Sub-Sectors|
|---|---|---|
|1|2|3|
|1.|Transport|(a) Road and bridges<br>(b) Ports (including Capital Dredging)<br>(_c)_Shipyards (including a floating or land-based facility with the<br>essential features of waterfront, turning basin, berthing and docking<br>facility, slipways or ship lifts, and which is self-sufficient for carrying on<br>shipbuilding/repair/breaking activities)<br>(d) Inland Waterways<br>(e) Airports<br>(f) Railway Track, tunnels, viaducts, bridges, terminal infrastructure<br>including stations and adjoining commercial infrastructure<br>(g) Urban Public Transport (except rolling stock in case of urban road<br>transport)|
|2.|Energy|(a) Electricity Generation<br>(b) Electricity Transmission<br>(c) Electricity Distribution<br>(d) Oil pipelines<br>(e) Oil/Gas/Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) storage facility(including<br>strategic storage of crude oil)<br>(f) Gas pipelines (including city gas distribution network)|
|3.|Water and<br>Sanitation|(a) Solid Waste Management<br>(b) Water supply pipelines<br>(c) Water treatment plants<br>(d) Sewage collection, treatment and disposal system<br>(e) Irrigation (dams, channels, embankments, etc.)<br>(f) Storm Water Drainage System<br>(g) Slurry pipelines|
|4.|Communication|(a) Telecommunication (Fixed network including optic fibre/wire/cable<br>networks which provide broadband/internet)<br>(b) Telecommunication towers<br>(c)Telecommunications andTelecomServices|
2. 1st March, 1964, vide notification No. S.O. 189, dated 13th January, 1964, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
3. Ins. by Act 18 of 2018, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-10-2018).
he has been in possession or any person] claiming through him may, by suit, recover possession thereof, notwithstanding any other title that may be set up in such suit.
(2) No suit under this section shall be brought—
- (a) after the expiry of six months from the date of dispossession; or
- (b) against the Government.
(3) No appeal shall lie from any order or decree passed in any suit instituted under this section, nor shall any review of any such order or decree be allowed.
(4) Nothing in this section shall bar any person from suing to establish his title to such property and to recover possession thereof.
1. Ins. by Act 18 of 2018, s. 14 (w.e.f. 1-10-2018).
|Sl. No.|Category|Infrastructure Sub-Sectors|
|---|---|---|
|1|2|3|
|5.|Social and<br>Commercial<br>Infrastructure|(a) Education Institutions (capital stock)<br>(b) Sports infrastructure (including provision of Sports Stadia and<br>Infrastructure for Academies for Training/Research in Sports and Sports-<br>relating activities)<br>(c) Hospitals (capital stock including Medical Colleges, Para Medical<br>Training Institutes and Diagnostic Centres)<br>(d) Tourism infrastructure_viz_.<br>(i) three-star or higher category classified hotels located outside<br>cities with population of more than one million;<br>(ii) ropeways and cable cars<br>(e) Common infrastructure for industrial parks and other parks with<br>industrial activity such as food parks, textile parks, Special Economic<br>Zones, tourism facilities and agriculture markets<br>(f) Post-harvest storage infrastructure for agriculture and horticulture<br>produce including cold storage<br>(g) Terminal markets<br>(h) Soil-testing laboratories<br>(i) Cold chain (including cold room facility for farm level pre-cooling,<br>for preservation or storage of agriculture and allied produce, marine<br>products and meat)<br>(j) Affordable Housing (including a housing project using at least 50%<br>of the Floor Area Ratio (FAR)/Floor Space Index (FSI) for dwelling units<br>with carpet area of not more than 60 square meters<br>Explanation.—For the purposes of this sub-clause, the term "carpet area"<br>shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (k) of section 2 of<br>the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016<br>(16 of 2016).]|
Source: India Code