What do you understand by Social Impact Assessment? Way was it included in the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013? Critically examine.
Social Impact Assessment was a methodology to review the positive and negative social impacts of any industrial and infrastructural project. SIA was incorporated with LARR for following reasons-
1. To assess impact of land acquisition and to know it has a public purpose or not.
2. To prevent the forceful acquisition of land. With SIA norms, its required 70-80% confirmation of locals.
3. To prevent the forceful acquisition of land by state.
4. Earlier district collector was sole decider of land acquisition, which is making it more burnable to misuse of power.
5. To check and prevent it s economical and environmental effects.
6. Most important, India has a bitter past of acquisition during British Raj. So, government in 2013 thought of giving deciding power to locals for their land acquisition.
Although it made the acquisition process slow and ultimately slowing industrial development but it has long time benefit and the SIA carries with it the very spirit of democracy and justice, and for logistical difficulties, must not be done away with.
Social Impact Assessment was a methodology to review the positive and negative social impacts of any industrial and infrastructural project. SIA was incorporated with LARR for following reasons-
1. To assess impact of land acquisition and to know it has a public purpose or not.
2. To prevent the forceful acquisition of land. With SIA norms, its required 70-80% confirmation of locals.
3. To prevent the forceful acquisition of land by state.
4. Earlier district collector was sole decider of land acquisition, which is making it more burnable to misuse of power.
5. To check and prevent it s economical and environmental effects.
6. Most important, India has a bitter past of acquisition during British Raj. So, government in 2013 thought of giving deciding power to locals for their land acquisition.
Although it made the acquisition process slow and ultimately slowing industrial development but it has long time benefit and the SIA carries with it the very spirit of democracy and justice, and for logistical difficulties, must not be done away with.
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