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CIL arms pay Rs 1,159.96 cr as land compensation

Coal India Ltd (CIL) subsidiaries have paid Rs 1,159.96 crore for acquiring land in different parts of the country in 2014-15, Coal Minister Piyush Goyal said on March 10.

“Due to the enhanced thrust of the present government on rehabilitation of displaced persons, long-pending cases have been cleared and there is a 38% increase in payment of compensation against land in 2014-15,” the minister told the Lok Sabha.

Earlier, an amount of Rs 840.68 crore was paid in 2013-14 by Eastern Coalfields Ltd, Bharat Coking Coal Ltd, Central Coalfields Ltd, Northern Coalfields Ltd, Western Coalfields Ltd, South Eastern Coalfields Ltd and Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd.

Goyal said that in all the subsidiaries of CIL, employment against land has been
provided as per the R&R policy, except in Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd where the R&R policy of Odisha state government has been considered.

There has been no instance of violation of norms, with reference to providing
compensation/employment, reported during the last three years in any of the
subsidiaries of CIL, he said.