GOSWAMY BRIJ KUMAR JEE. Petitioner Through: Mr. REHABILITATION. OF DISPLACED PERSONSWithin. Partition of the country in August, 1. Hindus and Sikhs living in West Pakistan had to leave their homes. Rehabilitation of Displaced Persons. The passing of the Indian Independence Act (1947). The Rehabilitation Commissioner could also. See Global Internally Displaced Persons Projects, August, 2005. 3 mass migration in history. Roughly seven million people each; Hindus, Sikhs and. Power to transfer package deal property to displaced persons. MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT (SHAHARI VIKAS MANTRALAYA). Delhi under the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954 (44 of 1954) and. Copyright @ Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. 119 1954 I The Finance Act, 1954. 141 1958 XXVIII The Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act.The disturbances in East Pakistan early in 1. According to the 1. Census, about 7- 5 million. India in search of permanent homes, 4- 9 million. West Pakistan and about 2- 6 million lakhs from East Pakistan. They are more or less evenly divided. The influx continues ; sometimes. There are at present over 2 . The economy of West Bengal has thus. It is estimated that 9. Three. distinct policies were followed : — quasi- permanent. Punjab and PEPSU; allotment of evacuee. India, especially. States of Delhi and Rajasthan; settlement of. State Governments or. Central Tractor Organisation. Customised Cause List PDF Cause List Customized Cause List Help PDF Cause List Help. Case Wise Judges' Wise Registrars. Home Judges Former Judges: Former Judges Justice F S Gill. The. first policy constituted the single largest measure of rehabilitation. West Punjab. and of Punjabi extraction from other parts of West Pakistan. These persons. had left behind 6- 7 million acres, whereas the area abandoned by Muslim. Punjab and PEPSU was 4- 7 million acres, or in terms of. This gap of. nearly 1- 5 million 'standard acres' was madeup by applying graded cuts. Higher cuts were applied to the larger holdings and the highest. An owner of 1. 0 'standard' acres received an allotment of 7^ acres. The allotment was on a quasi- permanent basis. The allotments of those who failed to take possession. Over 3. 3,0. 00 of them have already been. Punjab and PEPSU Governments have taken it upon themselves. The area allotted to a family depended on its size. From 1. 0 to. 1. 5 acres were allotted to each family in Alwar and Bharatpur, 1. Bikaner. 5 to 1. 0 acres in Delhi and 1. Ganga Khadar and the Naini. Tal Tarai areas of. Uttar Pradesh. In all, 5. Of them as many as 4. Rajasthan alone, especially in the districts of Alwar, Bharatpur and. Shri Ganganagar in Bikaner, all of which now form part of Rajasthan. Of these only about 4,0. It would appear that many of the families for whom. Upto the end of the year. Rs. 8 crores had been given as loans for the purchase of. But. for the recent influx, the rural resettlement of displaced persons from. East Pakistan would have been practically completed by the end of 1. URBAN RESETTLEMENT1. This difference has been the more marked in the. West Pakistan. While the Muslim migrant. Punjab, PEPSU, Delhi, etc., was often a labourer or an artisan. Muslim was. frequently an industrialist, a businessman, a petty shopkeeper or one. Secondly, as the urban economy in India, as in any other under- developed. The Government embarked upon an extensive. March, 1. 95. 2, 1. Rs. It is proposed to build another. Rs. 2. 1 crores in the course of the next. This programme, when completed, will have provided accommodation. About i - 5 million persons have. Thus, making allowances. West Pakistan will have been substantially solved. Most of the. new housing colonies are in the form of suburban extensions of existing. In addition. 1. 0 new townships have been planned and much progress has been made in. They are Faridabad, Nilokheri and Chandigarh in the. Punjab, Rajpura and Tripuri in PEPSU, Sardamagar and Ulhasnagar in Bombay. Gandhidham in Kutch and Govindpuri and Hastinapur in Uttar Pradesh. The. construction of these towns is expected to be completed in the main by. Together, they are likely to provide accommodation and gainful. The experiments at Nilokheri and Faridabad. They are based on the principle of self- help. If successful, they will be a stepping stone for. The Government undertook. However, up to the end of 1. State Governments of. West Bengal, Assam, Bihar and Orissa and two new townships have been established. Fulia and Habra Baigachi. As conditions in the Eastern States are still. Nevertheless, it is proposed. Government and the rest by displaced persons. Government. Uptil the end of March, 1. Government on housing in the Eastern States. Rs. Employment—Upto. West Pakistan and 3. East Pakistan. It is estimated that over 8. Technical and. vocational training—A large proportion of displaced persons from. For that purpose arrangements were made to. The Rehabilitation. Ministers' Conference in December 1. That target is being gradually achieved. It has not been possible to fix a similar target for. East Pakistan because of the uncertainty of the. However, until the end of March, 1. Targets for subsequent yeara have not vet been determined. Education—Steps. have^been. Under the new'policy introduced in July 1. Stipends. are also given to good students in colleges for training in arts, science. On. vocational and technical training and on education of displaced persons. West Pakistan Rs. Rs. 2- 5. 5 crores is proposed during. Rs. 1- 9 crores during 1. The corresponding figures. East Pakistan are Rs. OTHER. REHABILITATION MEASURES1. Many of the displaced persons who have received loans from. Government have also filed claims under the Displaced Persons Claims. Act, 1. 95. 0, and most of such claims have already been verified. As- a prelude. to the grant of such compensation as may be possible on the basis of these. Upto the 3ist March, 1. Administration. had sanctioned Rs. Rs. During 1. 95. Administration. expects to disburse Rs. Rs. 3 crores. 1. 8.'Financial. Apart from this, 2. Industries. are being developed in the new townships in order to provide further scope. There are 7. 4,0. West Pakistan and about 3. East Pakistan—who are being looked after by the Government as. They consist of destitute, old and infirm persons. The majority. of them are being maintained and looked after in Homes or infirmaries. It is proposed that eventually the Government. Home or an Infirmary. In such Homes and Infirmaries work and training. Education is given to the children. Some of the. Homes have been entrusted to non- official organisations with a view to. Wellknown. institutions—the Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust, the Trust. Sindhi Women and Children, the Arya Pradeshak Pratinidhi Sabha, the. Rama Krishna Mission and others—are assisting the Government in the. A Central Advisory Board has been set up to advise. Government on all matters pertaining to the well- being of displaced. It was decided. as a temporary measure, to grant them maintenance allowances according. Rs. Under. this scheme, allowances are being given to 1. Rs. 5. 0 lakhs have been spent on such allowances. The scheme. is likely to continue until such time as compensation is awarded to displaced. West Pakistan. 2. The Board has also helped 1. Harijan. families in the matter of allotment of land and rural loans and provided. EXPENDITURE. ON REHABILITATION2. Rs. 2. 8- 0. 0 crores during 1. The table below gives the rehabilitation. Rupees. crores) 1. Total. Rural. resettlement 3- 8. Urban. housingl. 6. Urban. loans (other than R. F. A.)2. 4. 23. 3. Loans. by Rehabilitation Finance Administration. Technical. training, education and other schemes 4. Besides. meeting commitments already accepted, only a few outstanding matters will. Rupees. crores) 1. Total. 1. 95. 4- 5. Housing. 4'oo 4. 0. Urban. loans 0- 5. Vocational. and technical training 0. Education. 0. 3. 50. If the conditions remain normal. Rs. If conditions in. East Pakistan worsen, the magnitude of the problem and therefore of the. COMPENSATION. FOR DISPLACED PERSONS2. Owing to the urgency of the. In other parts of India, the problem of giving some kind. Jinds left behind by land holders. Sind, N.- W. P., Bahawalpur and Baluchistan still remains to be tflckled. In framing any scheme. Many urban properties are in the occupation. Tentative proposals. REHABILITATION. AND DEVELOPMENT2. The expansion. of the national economy by itself provides numerous opportunities for.
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