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coal india. Coal India Resettlement & Rehabilitation (R&R) Policy, 1994 C
oal is the dominating source of commercial energy in India. ...
... Solutions to address these issues Deregulation of the coal sector Right now there
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Coal India
Resettlement & Rehabilitation (R&R) Policy, 1994
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oal is the dominating source of commercial energy in India. Around 70% of the country's energy need is met by this solid fuel in a relatively inexpensive manner. This will continue to be the major source of energy in the coming few decades, mainly due to scarce reserves of oil and gas which will exhaust in less than 20 years unless fresh deposits are found, environmental and rehabilitation problems associated with hydro-electric power generation system, serious environmental problems associated with nuclear energy and the fact that development of renewable energy source is still not commercially viable or popular. As against this backdrop, coal reserves (245 billion tones as on January 2004) in India are adequate to support the energy needs for more than 200 years at the present rate of consumption. Therefore, the extraction of coal is imminent in the times to come. But, this mining of coal also causes sufferings and displacement of the local population.
Coal India Ltd., which is the largest public sector unit engaged in mining of coal in India, in order to ameliorate the agony, or soothe down the agitated people, came up with Resettlement & Rehabilitation (R&R) Policy in 1994. It is one of a few public enterprises which have formulated R&R policy, an effort worth commendable.
Objectives of R&R Policy
The Coal India Ltd's R&R policy has been framed keeping in mind the following objectives:
1. Avoiding or minimizing displacement The policy states that all due diligence would be carried out before hand to explore the possibility of alternative site and project design so as to minimize the incident of subsequent resettlement and rehabilitation. In case, the policy further says, the project adversely affects people, proper rehabilitation and resettlement action plan should be prepared by the project authorities.
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