law: Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 
  20.
  
     Publication of declaration and summary of Rehabilitation and
  
  Resettlement.
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    When
  
  the appropriate Government is satisfied, after considering the report, if any,
  
  made under sub-section (2) of section 16, that any particular land is needed
  
  for a public purpose, a declaration shall be made to that effect, along with a
  
  declaration of an area identified as the “resettlement area” for the purposes
  
  of rehabilitation and resettlement of the affected families, under the hand and
  
  seal of a Secretary to such Government or of any other officer duly authorised
  
  to certify its orders and different declarations may be made from time to time
  
  in respect of different parcels of any land covered by the same preliminary
  
  notification irrespective of whether one report or different reports has or
  
  have been made (wherever required).
  2.     
  
    The
  
  Collector shall publish a summary of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme
  
  along with draft declaration referred to in sub-section (1):
  Provided that no
  
  declaration under this sub-section shall be made unless the summary of the
  
  Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme is published along with such
  
  declaration:
  Provided further that
  
  no declaration under this sub-section shall be made unless the Requiring Body
  
  deposits an amount, in full or part, as may be prescribed by the appropriate
  
  Government toward the cost of acquisition of the land:
  Provided also that
  
  the Requiring Body shall deposit the amount promptly so as to enable the
  
  appropriate Government to publish the declaration within a period of twelve
  
  months from the date of the publication of preliminary notification under
  
  section 11.
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    In
  
  projects where land is acquired in stages, the application for acquisition
  
  itself can specify different stages for the rehabilitation and resettlement,
  
  and all declarations shall be made according to the stages so specified.
  4.     
  
    Every
  
  declaration referred to in sub-section (1) shall be published in the following
  
  manner, namely:-
  a.      in the Official
  
  Gazette;
  b.     in two daily
  
  newspapers being circulated in the locality, of such area of which one shall be
  
  in the regional language;
  c.      in the local language
  
  in 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;
  d.     uploaded on the
  
  website of the appropriate Government;
  e.      in the affected
  
  areas, in such manner as may be prescribed.
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    Every
  
  declaration referred to in sub-section (1) shall indicate,-
  a.      the district or other
  
  territorial division in which the land is situated
  b.     the purpose for which
  
  it is needed, its approximate area; and
  c.      where a plan shall
  
  have been made for the land, the place at which such plan may be inspected
  
  without any cost.
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    The
  
  declaration referred to in sub-section (1) shall be conclusive evidence that
  
  the land is required for a public purpose and, after making such declaration,
  
  the appropriate Government may acquire the land in such manner as specified
  
  under this Act.
  7.     
  
    Where
  
  no declaration is made under sub-section (1) within twelve months from the date
  
  of preliminary notification, then such notification shall be deemed to have
  
  been rescinded:
  Provided that in
  
  computing the period referred to in this sub-section, any period or periods
  
  during which the proceedings for the acquisition of the land were held up on
  
  account of any stay or injunction by the order of any Court shall be excluded:
  Provided further that
  
  the appropriate Government shall have the power to extend the period of twelve
  
  months, if in its opinion circumstances exist justifying the same:
  Provided also that
  
  any such decision to extend the period shall be recorded in writing and the
  
  same shall be notified and be uploaded on the website of the authority
  
  concerned.