law: Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 
  8.   Examination of
  
  proposals for land acquisition and the Social Impact Assessment report by
  
  appropriate Government
  1.     
  
    The
  
  appropriate Government shall ensure that-
  a.      there is a legitimate
  
  and bona fide public purpose for the proposed acquisition which necessitates
  
  the acquisition of the land identified;
  b.     the potential
  
  benefits and the public purpose referred to in clause (a) shall outweigh the
  
  social costs and adverse social impact as;
  c.      only the minimum area
  
  of land required for the project is proposed to be acquired;
  d.     there is no
  
  unutilized land which has been previously acquired in the area;
  e.      the land, if any,
  
  acquired earlier remained unutilized, is used for such public purpose and make
  
  recommendations in respect thereof.
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
    The
  
  appropriate Government shall examine the report of the Collector if any and the
  
  report of the Expert Group on the Social Impact Assessment study and after
  
  considering all the reports, recommend such area for acquisition which would
  
  ensure minimum displacement of people, minimum disturbance to the
  
  infrastructure, ecology and minimum adverse impact on the individuals affected.
  3.     
  
    The
  
  decision of the appropriate Government shall be made available in the local
  
  language to the Panchayat, Municipality or Municipal Corporation, as the case
  
  may be and the offices of the District Collector, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate
  
  and the Tehsil, and shall be published in the affected areas, in such manner as
  
  may be prescribed, and uploaded on the website of the appropriate Government:
  Provided that where
  
  land is sought to be acquired for the purposes as specified in sub-section (2)
  
  of section 2, the appropriate Government shall also ascertain as to whether the
  
  prior consent of the affected families as required under the proviso to
  
  sub-section (2) of section 2, has been obtained in the manner as may be
  
  prescribed.