(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,— (@) “Act” means the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (30 of 2013);
(8) “Administrative Cost” means the cost for acquisition of land 88 specified by the State Government by issue of notification under paragraph (A) of sub-clause (vi) of clause (i) of section 3;
(८) “Administrator” means an officer appointed by the State Government under subsection (10) of section 43;
(d) “Agency” means an agency appointed by the appropriate Government to do the Social Impact Assessment Process and prepare the Social Impact Management Plan;
(e) “Appropriate Government” means the State Government in relation to acquisition of land situated within the territory of the State of Maharashtra and includes the Collector of the District concerned, appointed by the State Government for the area notified therein;
(f) “Authority” means the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority established by the State Government under sub-section (1) of section 51;
(g) “Collector” means the District Collector and includes the Additional Collector, Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition) and Sub-Divisional Officer functioning in the district;
(7) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Rehabilitation and Resettlement appointed by the State Government under sub-section (1) of section 44;
(i) “Form” means the Forms appended to these rules;
(7) “Gram Sabha” means 8 body consisting of persons registered in the electoral rolls relating to village comprised within the areas of the panchayat (III of 1959.) ;
(k) “local bodies” means and includes rural local bodies and urban local authorities constituted or established under the respective Acts;
(7) “Municipal Council” means a municipal council constituted or deemed to have been constituted for a smaller urban area specified in a notification issued under clause (2) of article 243-Q of the Constitution of India or under sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Maharashtra Municipal Council, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 (Mah. XL of 1965.);
(m) “Municipal Corporation” means a Municipal Corporation constituted or deemed to have been constituted under the provisions of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act (ITI of 1888. LIX of 1949.) and the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, respectively;
महाराष्ट्र शासन राजपत्र असाधारण भाग चार-अ, ऑगस्ट २७, २०१४/भाद्र ५, शके १९३६ रप
(n) “panchayat” means a panchayat established or deemed to have been established under the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act (III of 1959.) ;
(०) “Panchayat Samiti” means a Panchayat Samiti constituted under the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act (Mah. V of 1962.) ;
(p) “rural area” means any area in the State except the areas covered by any urban local body or a cantonment board established or constituted under any law for the time being in force;
(व्) “Scheme” means the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme prepared by an Administrator according to sub-section (2) of section 16;
(r) “section” means a section of the Act;
(8) “Social Impact Assessment (SIA)” means an assessment being made under subsection (1) of section 4;
(#) “Social Impact Assessment Plan” means the Plan prepared 88 part of Social Impact Assessment Process under sub-section (6) of section 4;
(६) “State Government” and “Government” means the Government of Maharashtra;
(v) “urban area” means any area in the State covered by any urban local body or a cantonment board established or constituted under any law for the time being in force;
(w) “Urbanization Purpose Project” means the public purpose projects proposed in any urban area;
(x) “Zilla Parishad” means a Zilla Parishad constituted under the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961 (Mah.V of 1962.);
(2) All words and expressions used but not defined in these rules shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Act.
CHAPTER 1 SociAL एटा ASSESSMENT (SIA).
3. Social Impact Assessment Study.—(1) The Appropriate Government shall, for the purposes of the Act, issue a notification in the Official Gazette, regarding commencement of consultation and of the Social Impact Assessment Study and the same shall be made available in local language to the panchayat, Municipal Council or Municipal Corporation, as the case may be, and in the offices of the District Collector, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate and the Tahsildar. The notification shall also be published in two daily newspapers circulating in the affected area, and also by way of a public notice to be published by affixing it at some conspicuous places in the affected areas and shall be uploaded on the website of the Government of Maharashtra. The Appropriate Government shall notify the name of an Agency to carry out such Social Impact Assessment study:
Provided that, such notification shall be issued within a period of thirty days after the deposit of the processing fee for carrying the Social Impact Assessment study by the Requiring Body, as determined by the Appropriate Government:
Provided further that, no such notification of the commencement of the Social Impact Assessment study shall be issued if the Requiring Body had not deposited the cost towards Social Impact Assessment study, the administrative cost study, the administrative cost and the cost towards allowances of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Committee at project level at the time of submitting the proposal in the Personal Ledger Account (PLA) of the officer who is to acquire the land or in the account of the Administrator, as case may be.
(2) The Social Impact Assessment shall be conducted in consultation with the concerned panchayat, Municipal Council or Municipal Corporation, at village level and ward level in the affected areas, for the purpose of section 4, followed by a public hearing at the affected areas by giving adequate publicity about the date, time and venue for the public hearing to ascertain the views of the affected families which shall be recorded in writing.
भाग चार-अ--१९६--४ R& महाराष्ट्र शासन राजपत्र असाधारण भाग चार-अ, ऑगस्ट २७, २०१४/भाद्र ५, शके १९३६
(8) The Social Impact Assessment Report shall be submitted in Form-I to the Appropriate Government within a period of six months from the date of commencement of the Social Impact Assessment study along with the views of the affected families recorded in writing.
(4) The Social Impact Assessment study report shall be prepared and divided into three parts,—
(i) the Project Feasibility Report;
(ii) the Project Impact Report; and
(iii) the Social Impact Management Plan for the Project.
The agency shall also provide summaries of the Feasibility Report, the Project Impact Report and the Social Impact Management Plan.
(5) The Social Impact Management Plan shall be submitted in Form-II along with the list of ameliorative measures required to be undertaken for addressing the impact of the Project as mentioned in sub-section (6) of section 4.
(6) The Social Impact Assessment study report and the Social Impact Management Plan shall be made available in the local language to the concerned panchayat, Municipal Council or Municipal Corporation, at village level or ward level in the affected area and in the offices of the District Collector, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate and the Tahsildar. It shall also be published in two daily newspapers circulating in the affected area, and also by way of a public notice to be published by affixing it at some conspicuous places in the affected areas and shall be uploaded on the website of the Government of Maharashtra.