Features · LARR Act

The complete LARR Act acquisition journey

The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (RFCTLARR / LARR) replaced the colonial Land Acquisition Act of 1894. It mandates social impact assessment, public consultation, fair compensation, and rehabilitation before land can be acquired for public purpose.

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End-to-end statutory pipeline

Every stage below has a dedicated guide with legal context, workflow, documents, and how Bhuarjan digitises it.

1Survey 2SIA 3Sec 4 4Expert 5Sec 8 6Sec 11 7Sec 15 8Sec 19 9Sec 21 10Sec 23 11Payment

Land Survey & Form 10

Identify affected parcels, owners, encumbrances, and geo-coordinates before any statutory process begins.

What is SIA?

Social Impact Assessment — the cornerstone of LARR — studying how acquisition affects communities, livelihoods, and environment.

Section 4 Notification

Constitution of the SIA team, public notice, consultation, and preparation of the SIA report.

Expert Group / Committee

Independent appraisal of the SIA report before the government proceeds further.

Section 8 Decision

State or Central government accepts or rejects the SIA recommendations.

Section 11 Preliminary

Publication of preliminary notification and commencement of acquisition proceedings.

Section 15 Objections

Affected persons raise objections; Collector conducts hearings and passes orders.

Section 19 Declaration

Formal declaration that land is required for public purpose.

Section 21 Notice

Marking out land and notice to persons interested to claim compensation.

Section 23 Award

Collector determines compensation for land, assets, trees, and structures.

Payment & R&R

Disbursement of awards, rehabilitation & resettlement benefits, and closure.