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States to approve land acquisition process for private coal miners

States had protested that the Centre was breaching their rights to approve land acquisition for private coal miners

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The Centre will also “de-centralise” the process of land acquisition for private coal miners. Photo: Shutterstock.com

Shreya Jai New Delhi
The Union ministry of coal wants mine-bearing states to choose the legal framework they will follow for land acquisition by private coal miners as part of the ongoing commercial coal auction.
 
This comes after some states protested that the Centre was encroaching on their right to approve land acquisition for private miners.
 
The coal ministry has proposed that states can choose between the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition & Devel­opment) Act, 1957, and the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Act, 2013. The compensation amount is the same under both.
 
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