Rehabilitation and resettlement by www.CoalIndia.org

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Coal India’s R&R Policy was first formulated in 1994 and has been in operation, with modifications from time to time. Based on the lessons learned during operation, CIL through its Board resolutions had made amendment/modifications in the policy. The R&R Policy, in vogue since 2000, has been further modified in 2008, in consonance with the National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy, 2007 notified by the Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India. Through the preparation of resettlement and rehabilitation action plans as per the R&R policy, subsidiaries will safeguard that project-affected people improve, or at least regain, their former standard of living and earning capacity after a reasonable transition period. The modified R&R Policy of CIL also provides for undertaking and intensifying corporate social responsibility activities in and around villages where land is being acquired. Over riding priority and involvement of projected affected people particularly land losers shall be ensured in the process.