the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User of Land) Act, 1962.the Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978.the Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948.the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.In addition to the 2013 LARR Act, other laws govern the land acquisition process The 2013 LARR Act becoming applicable across India, from 1 January 2014. The new law, also has some serious shortcomings as regards its provisions for socioeconomic impact assessment and it has also bypassed the constitutional local self governments by not recognizing them as 'appropriate governments' in matters of land acquisition. The Act also introduced changes in the land acquisition process, including a compulsory social-impact study, which need to be conducted before an acquisition is made. The Act changed the norms for acquisition of land for use by private companies or in case of public-private partnerships, including compulsory approval of 80% of the landowners. The Act forbids or regulates land acquisition when such acquisition would include multi-crop irrigated area. The minimum compensation to be paid to the land owners is based on a multiple of market value and other factors laid down in the Act. The 2013 LARR Act focuses on providing not only compensation to the land owners, but also extend rehabilitation and resettlement benefits to livelihood looser from the land, which shall be in addition to the minimum compensation. After a number of attempts, the UPA government was able to replace the 1894 Act with Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (2013 LARR Act). The older law did not clearly define public purpose or fair compensation.

The 1894 Act provided compensation to landowners but did not provide any form of compensation to other persons affected by the acquisition. Until 2013, the Land Acquisition Act of 1894 governed land acquisition in India.

Main article: The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013

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