law: Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 
  42.
  
     Special Provisions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
  1.     
  
    As
  
  far as possible, no acquisition of land shall be made in the Scheduled Areas.
  2.     
  
    Where
  
  such acquisition does take place it shall be done only as a demonstrable last
  
  resort.
  3.     
  
    In
  
  case of acquisition or alienation of any land in the Scheduled Areas, the prior
  
  consent of the concerned Gram Sabha or the Panchayats or the autonomous
  
  District Councils, at the appropriate level in Scheduled Areas under the Fifth
  
  Schedule to the Constitution, as the case may be, shall be obtained, in all
  
  cases of land acquisition in such areas, including acquisition in case of
  
  urgency, before issue of a notification under this Act, or any other Central
  
  Act or a State Act for the time being in force:
  Provided that the
  
  consent of the Panchayats or the Autonomous Districts Councils shall be
  
  obtained in cases where the Gram Sabha does not exist or has not been
  
  constituted.
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  4.     
  
    In
  
  case of a project involving land acquisition on behalf of a Requiring Body
  
  which involves involuntary displacement of the Scheduled Castes or the
  
  Scheduled Tribes families, a Development Plan shall be prepared, in such form
  
  as may be prescribed, laying down the details of procedure for settling land
  
  rights due, but not settled and restoring titles of the Scheduled Tribes as
  
  well as the Scheduled Castes on the alienated land by undertaking a special
  
  drive together with land acquisition.
  5.     
  
    The
  
  Development Plan shall also contain a programme for development of alternate
  
  fuel, fodder and, non-timber forest produce resources on non-forest lands
  
  within a period of five years, sufficient to meet the requirements of tribal
  
  communities as well as the Scheduled Castes.
  6.     
  
    In
  
  case of land being acquired from members of the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled
  
  Tribes, at least one-third of the compensation amount due shall be paid to the
  
  affected families initially as first instalment and the rest shall be paid
  
  after taking over of the possession of the land.
  7.     
  
    The
  
  affected families of the Scheduled Tribes shall be resettled preferably in the
  
  same Scheduled Area in a compact block so that they can retain their ethnic,
  
  linguistic and cultural identity.
  8.     
  
    The
  
  resettlement areas predominantly inhabited by the Scheduled Castes and the
  
  Scheduled Tribes shall get land, to such extent as may be decided by the
  
  appropriate Government free of cost for community and social gatherings.
  9.     
  
    Any
  
  alienation of tribal lands or lands belonging to members of the Scheduled
  
  Castes in disregard of the laws and regulations for the time being in force
  
  shall be treated as null and void, and in the case of acquisition of such
  
  lands, the rehabilitation and resettlement benefits shall be made available to
  
  the original tribal land owners or land owners belonging to the Scheduled
  
  Castes.
  10.  
  
    The
  
  affected Scheduled Tribes, other traditional forest dwellers and the Scheduled
  
  Castes having fishing rights in a river or pond or dam in the affected area
  
  shall be given fishing rights in the reservoir area of the irrigation or hydel
  
  projects.
  11.  
  
    Where
  
  the affected families belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled
  
  Tribes are relocated outside of the district, then, they shall be paid an
  
  additional twenty-five per cent, rehabilitation and resettlement benefits to
  
  which they are entitled in monetary terms along with a one-time entitlement of
  
  fifty thousand rupees.