Question

The land owner under Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 means
1. Person whose name is recorded in as the owner of land
2. Person who is granted forest right under Forest Right Act, 2006
3. Person who is entitled to be granted ‘Patta’ right
4. All of the above

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : All of the above

The correct answer is All of the above.

• The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 which is also known as Land Acquisition Act, 2013 is an Act of the Indian Parliament that synchronize land acquisition and lays down the procedure and rules for granting compensation, rehabilitation and resettlement to the affected persons in India.
• The Act has regulations to provide fair quid pro quo to those whose land is taken away, brings transparency to the process of acquisition of land to set up factories or buildings, infrastructural projects and assures rehabilitation of those affected.
• The Act lays down directives for land acquisition as a part of India's massive industrialisation drive driven by a public-private partnership.
• The Act supersedes the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, a nearly 120-year-old law enacted during British rule.

• The Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 was presented in Lok Sabha on 7 September 2011.
• The bill was then passed in Lok Sabha on 29 August 2013 and by Rajya Sabha on 4 September 2013.
• The bill then earned the assent of the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 27 September 2013.
• The Act then came into force on 1 January 2014.
• An amendment bill was then familiarized in Parliament to endorse the Ordinance.
• Lok Sabha gave assent to the bill but the same is still lying for passage by the Rajya Sabha.
• On 30 May 2015, the President of India promoted the amendment ordinance for the third time.