(1) After getting the final proposal for acquisition, the State Government, for the purpose of the Act, shall issue a notification for carrying out Social Impact Assessment in accordance with Section 4(1) of the Act, in the form-1 regarding the commencement of Social Impact Assessment. It shall notify the name of the Social Impact Assessment agency assigned with the task of carrying out Social Impact Assessment Study.
(2) The notification shall be made available in the local language to the Gram Panchayat, Nagar Nigam/Nagar Panchayat/Nagar Palika Parishad, in the offices of the District Collector, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Office of concerned Land Acquisition Officer, Administrator, Tehsildar. It shall also be published in two daily newspapers circulating in the affected area of which at least one shall be in the regional language , and also by way of a public notice by affixing it at some conspicuous places in the affected areas and shall be uploaded on the website of the district or the Government.
(3) Such notification shall be issued within thirty days after the deposit of the processing fee for carrying Social Impact Assessment by the requiring body.
(4) No such notification of the commencement of the Social Impact Assessment Study shall be issued if the requiring body has not deposited the advance amount as prescribed under the relevant rule of these rules.
(5) The Social Impact Assessment study shall be conducted in consultation with concerned local authority at Town/Village level or ward level in the affected areas, for the purposes of section. ;