In force · As amended up to 2026-08
114. Repeal and saving. -(1) The Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894) is hereby repealed.
(2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act the repeal under sub-section (1) shall not be held to prejudice or affect the general application of section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897) with regard to the effect of repeals.
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THE FIRST SCHEDULE
[ See section 30(2)]
COMPENSATION FOR LAND OWNERS
The following components shall constitute the minimum compensation package to be given to those whose land is acquired and to tenants referred to in clause (c) of section 3 in a proportion to be decided by the appropriate Government.
|Serial|Component of compensation|Manner of determination of value<br>Date of|
|---|---|---|
|No.|package in respect of land|determination|
||acquired under the Act|of value|
|(1)|(2)|(3)<br>(4)|
|1.|Market value of land|To be determined as provided under section 26.|
|2.|Factor by which the market value|1.00 (One) to 2.00 (Two) based on the distance of|
||is to be multiplied in the case of|project from urban area, as may be notified by the|
||rural areas|appropriate Government.|
|3.|Factor by which the market value|1(One).|
||is to be multiplied in the case of||
||urban areas||
|4.|Value of assets attached to land|To be determined as provided under section 29.|
||or building||
|5.|Solatium|Equivalent to one hundred per cent. of the market|
|||value of land mentioned against serial number 1|
|||multiplied by the factor specified against serial|
|||number 2 for rural areas or serial number 3 for urban|
|||areas plus value of assets attached to land or|
|||building against serial number 4 under column (2).|
|6.|Final award in rural areas|Market value of land mentioned against serial|
|||number 1 multiplied by the factor specified against|
|||serial number 2 plus value of assets attached to land|
|||or building mentioned against serial number 4 under|
|||column (2) plus solatium mentioned against serial|
|||number 5 under column (2).|
|7.|Final award in urban areas|Market value of land mentioned against serial|
|||number 1 multiplied by the factor specified against|
|||serial number 3 plus value of assets attached to land|
|||or building mentioned against serial number 4 under|
|||column (2) plus solatium mentioned against serial|
|||number 5 under column (2).|
|8.|Other component, if any, to be||
||included||
NOTE.-The date on which values mentioned under column (2) are determined should be indicated under column (4) against each serial number.
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THE SECOND SCHEDULE
[ See sections 31(1) , 38(1) and 105(3)]
ELEMENTS OF REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT ENTITLEMENTS FOR ALL THE AFFECTED FAMILIES (BOTH LAND OWNERS AND THE FAMILIES WHOSE LIVELIHOOD IS PRIMARILY DEPENDENT ON LAND ACQUIRED) IN ADDITION TO THOSE PROVIDED IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE.
|Serial|Elements of Rehabilitation|Entitlement/provision|Whether|
|---|---|---|---|
|No.|and Resettlement||provided or|
||Entitlements||not (if|
||||provided,|
||||details to be|
||||given)|
|(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)|
|1.|Provision of housing units|(1) If a house is lost in rural areas, a constructed house||
||in case of displacement|shall be provided as per the Indira Awas Yojana||
|||specifications. If a house is lost in urban areas, a||
|||constructed house shall be provided, which will be not||
|||less than 50 sqmts in plinth area.||
|||(2) The benefits listed above shall also be extended to||
|||any affected family which is without homestead land||
|||and which has been residing in the area continuously||
|||for a period of not less than three years preceding the||
|||date of notification of the affected area and which has||
|||been involuntarily displaced from such area:||
|||Provided that any such family in urban areas which||
|||opts not to take the house offered, shall get a one-time||
|||financial assistance for house construction, which shall||
|||not be less than one lakh fifty thousand rupees:||
|||Provided further that if any affected family in rural||
|||areas so prefers, the equivalent cost of the house may||
|||be offered in lieu of the constructed house:||
|||Provided also that no family affected by acquisition||
|||shall be given more than one house under the||
|||provisions of this Act.||
|||Explanation.-The houses in urban area may, if||
|||necessary, be provided in multi-storied building||
|||complexes.||
|2.|Land for Land|In the case of irrigation project, as far as possible and||
|||in lieu of compensation to be paid for land acquired,||
|||each affected family owning agricultural land in the||
|||affected area and whose land has been acquired or lost,||
|||or who has, as a consequence of the acquisition or loss||
|||of land, been reduced to the status of a marginal farmer||
|||or landless, shall be allotted, in the name of each||
|||person included in the records of rights with regard to||
|||the affected family, a minimum of one acre of land in||
|||the command area of the project for which the land is||
|||acquired:||
|||Provided that in every project those persons losing land||
|||and belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the||
|||Scheduled Tribes will be provided land equivalent to||
|||land acquired or two and a one-half acres, whichever is||
|||lower.||
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|(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)|
|---|---|---|---|
|3.|Offer forDeveloped Land|In case the land is acquired for urbanisation purposes,||
|||twenty per cent. of the developed land will be reserved||
|||and offered to land owning project affected families, in||
|||proportion to the area of their land acquired and at a||
|||price equal to the cost of acquisition and the cost of||
|||development:||
|||Provided that in case the land owning project affected||
|||family wishes to avail of this offer, an equivalent||
|||amount will be deducted from the land acquisition||
|||compensation package payable to it.||
|4.|Choice of Annuity or|The appropriate Government shall ensure that the||
||Employment|affected families are provided with the following||
|||options:||
|||(a) where jobs are created through the project, after||
|||providing suitable training and skill development in the||
|||required field, make provision for employment at a rate||
|||not lower than the minimum wages provided for in any||
|||other law for the time being in force, to at least one||
|||member per affected family in the project or arrange||
|||for a job in such other project as may be required; or||
|||(b) onetime payment of five lakhs rupees per affected||
|||family; or||
|||(c) annuity policies that shall pay not less than two||
|||thousand rupees per month per family for twenty years,||
|||with appropriate indexation to the Consumer Price||
|||Index for Agricultural Labourers.||
|5.|Subsistence grant|Each affected family which is displaced from the land||
||fordisplaced families for a|acquired shall be given a monthly subsistence||
||period of one year|allowance equivalent to three thousand rupees per||
|||month for a period of one year from the date of award.||
|||In addition to this amount, the Scheduled Castes and||
|||the Scheduled Tribes displaced from Scheduled Areas||
|||shall receive an amount equivalent to fifty thousand||
|||rupees.||
|||In case of displacement from the Scheduled Areas, as||
|||far as possible, the affected families shall be relocated||
|||in a similar ecological zone, so as to preserve the||
|||economic<br>opportunities,<br>language,<br>culture<br>and||
|||community life of the tribal communities.||
|6.|Transportation cost for|Each affected family which is displaced shall get a one-||
||displaced families|time financial assistance of fifty thousand rupees as||
|||transportation cost for shifting of the family, building||
|||materials, belongings and cattle.||
|7.|Cattle shed/Petty shops cost|Each affected family having cattle or having a petty||
|||shop shall get one-time financial assistance of such||
|||amount as the appropriate Government may, by||
|||notification, specify subject to a minimum of twenty-||
|||five thousand rupees for construction of cattle shed or||
|||petty shop as the case may be.||
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|(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)|
|---|---|---|---|
|8.|One-time grant to|Each affected family of an artisan, small||
||artisan, small traders and|trader or self-employed person or an||
||certain others|affected family which owned non-||
|||agricultural<br>land<br>or<br>commercial,||
|||industrial or institutional structure in the||
|||affected area, and which has been||
|||involuntarily displaced from the affected||
|||area due to land acquisition, shall get||
|||one-time financial assistance of such||
|||amount as the appropriate Government||
|||may, by notification, specify subject to a||
|||minimum<br>of<br>twenty-five<br>thousand||
|||rupees.||
|9.|Fishing rights|In cases of irrigation or hydel projects,||
|||the affected families may be allowed||
|||fishing rights in the reservoirs, in such||
|||manner as may be prescribed by the||
|||appropriate Government.||
|10.|One-time Resettlement|Each affected family shall be given a||
||Allowance|one-time "Resettlement Allowance" of||
|||fifty thousand rupees only.||
|11.|Stamp duty and|(1) The stamp duty and other fees||
||registration fee|payable for registration of the land or||
|||house allotted to the affected families||
|||shall be borne by the Requiring Body.||
|||(2) The land for house allotted to the||
|||affected families shall be free from all||
|||encumbrances.||
|||(3) The land or house allotted may be in||
|||the joint names of wife and husband of||
|||the affectedfamily.||
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Source: India Code