December 15, 2022
Kalyan Banerjee suggested extending the same compensation to land-givers under the National Highways Act as that given under the Land Acquisition Act
Sir, I have heard the hon. Minister’s answer regarding payment of compensation. Sir, in 2013, the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act came into force replacing the Land Acquisition Act. Then, the Act was amended when this Government came to power. Now, the compensation principles have been laid down. The compensation benefits have been given in land acquisition cases. Why are you not extending those benefits here in the National Highways Act? If those
provisions of the Act would be applied here, then the problem would be resolved. That is the point with regard to determination of the compensation amount. It is a different point whether anybody is aggrieved or not. They will go in for arbitration case; you leave aside all those things. Sir, I will tell you one thing. The most important question in India is this. In every compensation matter, whether it relates to State Government or the Central Government, instead of giving compensation benefits to the land losers, they are more willing to go to the High Court or the Supreme Court. You should reduce the litigations, and give benefits to them. That is my suggestion.Although I have raised this point in the form of a question but this is a suggestion.
