Important MoUs / Partnerships

• MoU with National Research Centre for Resettlement, Hohai University, China: To support cooperation and create research network for effective management of social issues in infrastructure development, the National Research Center for Resettlement (NRCR) China and the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), India, the two leading institutions in India and China signed an MoU at Nanjing China during July, 2016. The MoU, facilitated with the technical support of the World Bank, agreed to jointly conduct international professional training in involuntary resettlement, and social/environmental safeguards, in cooperation with the World Bank/Other international organizations and collaborate in Research and Consultancy Studies in LARR.
• MoU with University of Nairobi, Kenya: To support educational cooperation and create academic network in effective management of social issues in infrastructure development.
• Partnership with CIL Ltd: CMLARR has institutionalized partnership with Coal India Ltd, the largest coal producer in the World, contributing around 82 percent of the Coal Production in India. As a part of this partnership, the CMLARR team visited all subsidiaries, held extensive consultations with all stakeholders, prepared a comprehensive courseware and is organizing fortnightly courses for the LARR specialist officials in CIL. CMLARR also provided comprehensive inputs for CIL R & R policy, 2016.
• MoU with Indian Institute of Coal Management: For extending enhanced cooperation  (Training, Consultancy and Research) in the area of Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (LARR) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)  for CIL and its Subsidiaries.
• MoU with Pancheshwar Development Authority, Nepal: For developing Resettlement & Rehabilitation Policy for the Indo-Nepal Pancheshwar Multi-purpose Project, a bi-national scheme created under the Mahakali Treaty signed between the Governments of India and Nepal in 1996.

Extensive Capacity Building and Client Base

• 12,000 mandays of training in LARR/CSR in the last few years
• 120 organisations have nominated participants for training programs. This includes Govt. of Afghanistan, Govt. of Nigeria, Egypt, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Kenya, different Ministries of Govt. of India, State Govts. of 20 states, many PSUs and even private sector companies like Reliance, TATA, Cairn India etc.

Dedicated Work on New Land Acquisition Act, 2013

CMLARR has been involved in extensive capacity building and implementation support for the new Land Acquisition Act, 2013 for various stakeholders. A brief of the important initiatives taken by the Centre is given below:

I Capacity Building
1. Department of Land Resources, Government of India: Workshops for Revenue Secretaries for Formulation of Rules
2. State Governments: CMLARR has completed the first round of capacity building on the RFCTLARR Act for

• Odisha (One Workshop; 54 Officers)
• Karnataka (Six Workshops; 500 officers)
• Tamil Nadu (three Workshops; 105 officers; batches of 35 each for two days)
• Bihar (One Workshop; 100 officers; )
• Sikkim (Two Workshops; 50 officers)
• Punjab (One Workshop; 70 Officers)
• LARR Dealing Officers from 20 State Governments in ASCI Programs on RFCTLARR Act, 2013/Social Impact Assessment

3. Government Companies: Capsule on provisions of the Act and its implementation

4. Public Sector Undertakings/Private Sector

• On-campus programs
• Off-campus programs
• Faculty support in the training interventions of various organizations.

5. Development of a Comprehensive Training Module on the New LARR Legislation

II Advisory Guidance
1. Department of Land Resources, Government of India

• Report for Formulation of Rules
• Report for corrections, amendments required in the Act
• Note for the implementation of the Act
  

III. State Governments: Guidance to States for Rolling the RFCTLARR Act, 2013
IV. Empanelled as Expert Institution to Conduct Social Impact Assessment Study by Govts. of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and conducting Model SIAs for some state governments.

Important International/National/Regional/State Conferences

• 2017: National Conference on Land Acquisition for Infrastructure Projects: RFCTLARR Implementation Experience, sponsored by Coal India Limited & technical partnersip with Department of Land Resources, Govt. of India
• 2016: Workshops on RFCTLARR Act, 2013; Sponsored by Govt. of Sikkim & Bihar
• 2015: Workshop on RFCTLARR Act, 2013 for the North-Eastern States; Sponsored by Department of Land Resources, Govt. of India
• 2014: National Workshop on Implementing RFCTLARR Act, 2013, Sponsored by SCCL. Participated by 100 participants from state governments/public sector institutions
• 2013: National Conference on RFCTLARR Act, 2013 for Revenue Secretaries, Sponsored by Department of Land Resources, Govt. of India
• 2013: International Conference on R & R and Benefit Sharing, Sponsored by World Bank Participated by 110 participants from 20 countries.
• 2012: National Conference on “Best Practices in Resettlement and Rehabilitation”, Sponsored by Department of Land Resources, Govt. of India

Exclusive Journal Publications/LARR Courseware

• Special Issue of ASCI Journal of Management on Land Acquisition, Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Benefit Sharing, Vol 45(1), March 2016.
• Special Issue of ASCI Journal of Management on Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Benefit Sharing, Vol 44(1), September 2014.
• Comprehensive LARR Courseware: CMLARR, ASCI is the only training institute in the country to have a dedicated LARR Courseware (Modules on Context Setting, Legislative Framework with exhaustive Coverage of new LARR Act, Social Impact Assessment and Resettlement Planning).

Important Capacity Building Initiatives in LARR/Social Impact Assessment

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