2 of 100 marks
AIBE 22: Land Acquisition Act
This subject carries 2 marks of the 100-mark paper — one of the lighter subjects, but still free marks if you tab it properly. Section 45 has 17 questions on it, four times the official count.
What to carry, and where to tab
Bring the RFCTLARR Act 2013, unmarked. Blank index tabs only — anything written on a tab can get the book confiscated. These are the parts this subject actually draws from:
- First Schedule, RFCTLARR Act
- RFCTLARR Act 2013
- RFCTLARR Act, Chapter I
- RFCTLARR Act, Chapter II
- RFCTLARR Act, Chapter IV
- RFCTLARR Act, Chapter VIII
- § 15 RFCTLARR Act
- § 2 RFCTLARR Act — Consent
- § 24(2) RFCTLARR Act
- § 25 RFCTLARR Act — Period Within Which Award Shall Be Made
- § 25 RFCTLARR Act, 2013
- § 4 RFCTLARR Act, 2013
Provisions that recur
- RFCTLARR Act 2013
- § 4 RFCTLARR Act
- § 2(2) RFCTLARR Act
- § 26, Sch. I, RFCTLARR Act
- § 30 RFCTLARR Act
- § 19 RFCTLARR Act
- § 24 RFCTLARR Act
- § 51, § 74 RFCTLARR Act
Sample questions
Three of the 17, with full explanations. The first ten are free in the app.
The statute governing land acquisition in India today is:
- The Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1952
- The Land Acquisition Act, 1894, as amended from time to time
- The Transfer of Property Act, 1882, read with the State revenue codes
- The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Act, 2013
Answer & explanation
The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Act, 2013
The 2013 Act repealed and replaced the colonial 1894 Act, introducing consent requirements, social impact assessment and statutory rehabilitation and resettlement entitlements.
Under the 2013 Act, a Social Impact Assessment must be carried out under:
- Section 24
- Section 4
- Section 19
- Section 11
Answer & explanation
Section 4
The SIA must be completed within six months and made available in the local language to the Panchayat, Municipality or Municipal Corporation and in the offices of the District Collector and Sub-Divisional Magistrate.
Consent of affected families required for acquisition for a private company under the 2013 Act is:
- Fifty per cent
- Eighty per cent
- No consent required
- Seventy per cent
Answer & explanation
Eighty per cent
Section 2(2) requires eighty per cent consent for private companies and seventy per cent for public-private partnership projects. No consent is required for acquisition purely for a public purpose by the Government.
Practise
Ten questions in Land Acquisition Act free, no card. Each answer cited to both codes with a line telling you where to look in the bare act.
Practise Land Acquisition Act