Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi launched a new rehabilitation and resettlement (R&R) policy of NLC India Ltd (NLCIL) and focused on the compensation to the affected villagers will be based on the fair and transparent process.
The minister said the new policy has provisions for enhanced amenities to the project-affected
families.
The minister, who virtually launched the new R&R policy applicable to the landowners of the NLCIL mines area, lauded the efforts of the PSU and the Tamil Nadu government in creating a flexible rehabilitation policy with multiple options available to the affected people.
The minister said NLC India Ltd, a Navratna public sector enterprise under the Union Ministry of Coal, has been playing a pivotal role in ensuring the country's energy security during the past six decades of performance and addressed the function virtually, Minister of State for Coal, Mines and Railways Raosaheb Patil Danve said that besides benefitting the villagers, the policy will lead to a further rise in energy production by NLCIL.
NLC initiates various steps to address the welfare of all stakeholders, especially the project-affected people, through the rehabilitation and resettlement initiatives, CSR schemes and welfare measures like skill development, water resource augmentation and various other measures.
