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A mining company seeks land in a Scheduled Area village for a project that will displace tribal families. Under PESA, who must be consulted before the land acquisition and before resettlement or rehabilitation of affected persons?

The Gram Sabha or the Panchayats at the appropriate level must be consulted. PESA mandates consultation before acquiring land in Scheduled Areas for development projects and before resettling or rehabilitating affected persons. The District Collector, the pollution board or a company committee cannot substitute for this consultation.

  1. AOnly the District Collector
  2. BThe Gram Sabha or the Panchayats at the appropriate levelCorrect
  3. COnly the State Pollution Control Board
  4. DThe company's CSR committee

Explanation

PESA requires the Gram Sabha or Panchayats at the appropriate level to be consulted before land acquisition in Scheduled Areas for development projects and before resettling or rehabilitating persons affected by such projects. The Collector alone, the pollution board or a CSR committee has no such statutory role under PESA.

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