law: Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 
  Chapter II Determination
  
  of Social Impact and Public Purpose
  A.- Preliminary
  
  Investigation for Determination of Social Impact and Public Purpose
  4. Preparation of
  
  Social Impact Assessment Study.
  1.     
  
    Whenever
  
  the appropriate Government intends to acquire land for a public purpose, it
  
  shall consult the concerned Panchayat, Municipality or Municipal Corporation,
  
  as the case may be at village level or ward level, in the affected area and
  
  carry out a Social Impact Assessment study in consultation with them, in such
  
  manner and from such date as may be specified by such Government by
  
  notification.
  2.     
  
    The
  
  notification issued by the appropriate Government for commencement of
  
  consultation and of the Social Impact Assessment study under sub-section (1)
  
  shall be made available in the local language to the Panchayat, Municipality or
  
  Municipal Corporation, as the case may be, and in 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 the
  
  appropriate Government shall ensure that adequate representation has been given
  
  to the representatives of Panchayat, Gram Sabha, Municipality or Municipal
  
  Corporation as the case may be at the stage of carrying out the Social Impact
  
  Assessment study:
  Provided further that
  
  the appropriate Government shall ensure the completion of the Social Impact
  
  Assessment study within a period of six months from the date of its
  
  commencement.
  (3) The Social Impact
  
  Assessment study report referred to in sub-section (1) shall be made available
  
  to the public in the manner prescribed under section 6.
  (2) The Social Impact
  
  Assessment study referred to in sub-section (1) shall, amongst other matters,
  
  include all the following, namely:-
  a.      assessment as to
  
  whether the proposed acquisition serves public purpose;
  b.     estimation of
  
  affected families and the number of families among them likely to be displaced;
  c.      extent of lands,
  
  public and private, houses, settlements and other common properties likely to
  
  be affected by the proposed acquisition;
  d.     whether the extent of
  
  land proposed for acquisition is the absolute bare-minimum extent needed for
  
  the project;
  e.      whether land
  
  acquisition at an alternate place has been considered and found not feasible;
  f.      study of social
  
  impacts of the project, and the nature and cost of addressing them and the
  
  impact of these costs on the overall costs of the project vis-ŕ-vis the
  
  benefits of the project:
  Provided that
  
  Environmental Impact Assessment study, if any, shall be carried out
  
  simultaneously and shall not be contingent upon the completion of the Social
  
  Impact Assessment study.
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
  
  3.     
  
    While
  
  undertaking a Social Impact Assessment study under sub-section (1), the
  
  appropriate Government shall, amongst other things, take into consideration the
  
  impact that the project is likely to have on various components such as
  
  livelihood of effected families public and community properties, assets and
  
  infrastructure particularly roads, public transport, drainage, sanitation,
  
  sources of drinking water, sources of water for cattle, community ponds,
  
  grazing land, plantations, public utilities such as post offices, fair price
  
  shops, food storage godowns, electricity supply, health care facilities,
  
  schools and educational or training facilities, anganwadis, children parks,
  
  places of worship, land for traditional tribal institutions and burial and
  
  cremation grounds.
  4.     
  
    The
  
  appropriate Government shall require the authority conducting the Social Impact
  
  Assessment study to prepare a Social Impact Management Plan, listing the
  
  ameliorative measures required to be undertaken for addressing the impact for a
  
  specific component referred to in sub-section (3), and such measures shall not
  
  be less than what is provided under a scheme or programme, in operation in that
  
  area, of the Central Government or, as the case may be, the State Government,
  
  in operation in the affected area.