(1) On publication of the Preliminary Notification under sub-section (1) of section 11 by the Collector, the Administrator for Rehabilitation and Resettlement shall, himself or authorize any Government Officer or by out-source work assigned to any Agency, conduct a survey and undertake a census of the affected families within a period of three months from the date of publication of Preliminary Notification under sub-section (1) of section 11.
(2) In the survey conducted and the census of the affected families 80 undertaken by the Administrator, he shall collect the data based on the Social Impact Assessment study report as well as collect the data from the secondary sources such as the panchayat and Government records and verify that data by door visit of the affected families and by paying site visits in case of an infrastructure in the affected area.
(3) The draft Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme prepared by the Administrator shall in addition to the particulars mentioned in sub-section (2) of section 16 of the Act, contain the following :—
(i) List of likely to be displaced families.
(द) List of infrastructure in the affected area.
(iii) List of land holdings in the affected area.
(iv) List of businessmen in the affected area.
(v) List of landless people in the affected area.
(vi) List of disadvantage groups like persons belonging to Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes, handicapped persons, in the affected area.
(vii) List of landless agricultural laboures in the affected area.
(viii) List of prospective youth for employment in the affected area.
(4) The Administrator shall as far as possible try to prepare comprehensive and detailed draft Scheme in order to reduce future objections.
(5) The Administrator shall by way of a public notice in two local daily newspapers circulating in the affected areas make known to the people about the draft Scheme as prepared by him under sub-section (2) of section 16 of the Act.
(6) The Administrator or an officer designated by him shall conduct a public hearing in the affected areas on such a date as he thinks fit but not earlier than fifteen days of the publication of the Scheme as prepared by him under sub-section (2) of section 16. The provisions of rule 5 relating to public hearing shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the public hearing to be conducted as per the provisions of sub-section (5) of section 16.