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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 8 questions on it, four times the official count.

Marks in the paper2
Questions here8
Bare act to carryRFCTLARR Act 2013

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:

Provisions that recur

Sample questions

Three of the 8, with full explanations. The first ten are free in the app.

The statute governing land acquisition in India today is:

  1. The Land Acquisition Act, 1894
  2. The Requisitioning Act, 1952
  3. The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013
  4. The Transfer of Property Act, 1882
Answer & explanation
RFCTLARR Act 2013

The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013

The 2013 Act repealed and replaced the colonial 1894 Act, introducing consent requirements, social impact assessment and statutory rehabilitation and resettlement entitlements.

Where to find it: RFCTLARR Act 2013

Under the 2013 Act, a Social Impact Assessment must be carried out under:

  1. Section 24
  2. Section 19
  3. Section 4
  4. Section 11
Answer & explanation
§ 4 RFCTLARR Act

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.

Where to find it: RFCTLARR Act, Chapter II

Consent of affected families required for acquisition for a private company under the 2013 Act is:

  1. Eighty per cent
  2. Seventy per cent
  3. No consent required
  4. Fifty per cent
Answer & explanation
§ 2(2) RFCTLARR Act

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.

Where to find it: RFCTLARR Act, Chapter I

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