PLPP Planning Legislation and Professional Practice Comprehensive Explanatory Notes
Masters of Urban and Regional Planning
A. Evolution of Land Acquisition in India, eighteen ninety-four Act
Key Features of the eighteen ninety-four Act
Why the eighteen ninety-four Act Failed
C. Detailed Case Study: POSCO Steel Plant, Odisha - FDI, Land Acquisition and Involuntary Displacement
Project Background and Components
Project Timeline: MoU to Exit (two thousand five - two thousand seventeen)
Issue One: Land Acquisition and Displacement
Severe Impact on Vulnerable Groups
Lack of Rehabilitation and Resistance
Betel Cultivation: Primary cash crop yielding high year-round income using local knowledge and family labour.
Issue Three: Community, Cultural and Socio-Economic Losses
Issue Four: Impact on Vulnerable Groups
Issue Five: Environmental and Legal-Governance Challenges
Legal Violations Alleged:
Recommended Solutions (Policy and Procedural Fixes)
Structural Criticisms of the Development Model
Key Takeaway for Planning Students
B. LARR Act, twenty thirteen (Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act)
Salient Features of LARR twenty thirteen
Definition of 'Social Impact' under LARR twenty thirteen
How the New Act Faults the Old Act (eighteen ninety-four)
Two. Resource Mobilisation in Urban Planning
A. Revenue Collection Methods
B. FAR/FSI-Based Compensation and Charges
Transferable Development Rights (TDR)
Premium FSI / Additional FSI
D. Why Are These Taxes and Levies Mandated?
Three. Development Control (Chapter twenty-one)
A. Tools of Development Control
B. Development Controls - Salient Features
C. When is Development Deemed a Violation?
D. Role of Planners in Development Control
E. Innovations in Development Control
F. Case Studies on Jurisdictions of Development Control
G. RERA - Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, twenty sixteen
One point one Pre-RERA Scenario: The Problem Statement
Two point one Sector-Specific Failures
Application to Residential Real Estate
Prior Approval before Launch
Establishment of Appellate Tribunal
Restriction on Taking Advance
Compulsory Deposit for Project
Rights of Buyers (Allottees)
Role of Real Estate Agents
Functions of Real Estate Agents
Duties Towards Buyers and Sellers
Penalties for Real Estate Agents
Challenges in Implementation
Case Study: Amrapali Building Projects
Four. Environment Legislation in India
Objectives of Environment Legislation
Environment Legislative Powers
Environment duty of the State
Environment duty of the citizens
Right to Environment as Fundamental Right
Constitutional Protection to Environmental Laws
Environment and Pollution Control Acts
Mining, Forest Conservation and Wildlife Protection Acts
Definitions under the Environment (Protection) Act, nineteen eighty-six:
Objectives of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, nineteen eighty-one
Objectives of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, nineteen seventy-four
Objectives of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, nineteen seventy-two
Objectives of the Indian Forest Act, nineteen twenty-seven
Objectives of the Forest (Conservation) Act, nineteen eighty
Two. Salient Features of Key Environmental Laws
Two point two The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, nineteen seventy-four
Two point three The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, nineteen seventy-seven
Two point four The Wildlife (Protection) Act, nineteen seventy-two
Two point five The Indian Forest Act, nineteen twenty-seven
Two point six The Forest (Conservation) Act, nineteen eighty
Two point seven The Forest Rights Act, two thousand six and two thousand eight
Two point eight Noise Pollution Regulation
Two point nine Public Liability Insurance Act, nineteen ninety-one
Two point ten The National Green Tribunal Act, two thousand ten
Case Study Hydropower projects in Uttarakhand:
A. Environment (Protection) Act, nineteen eighty-six
Objectives of EPA nineteen eighty-six
Salient Features of EPA nineteen eighty-six
Rules Notified Under EPA nineteen eighty-six Relevant to Planning
B. National Green Tribunal Act, twenty ten (NGT)
Objectives of the National Green Tribunal Act, twenty ten
Why and How the NGT Came into Existence
Salient Features of the National Green Tribunal Act, twenty ten
Five. Special Economic Zones (SEZ)
A. Historical Evolution / Why SEZs Were Set Up
B. Objectives of SEZs (SEZ Act two thousand five)
C. Features and Benefits of SEZs
D. Criticisms and Challenges
Project Formulation and Implementation
A. Why Project Formulation Matters
B. Steps in Project Formulation
Components of the Project Proposal Document
C. Project Implementation
Seven. Institute of Town Planners, India
A. About ITPI - Origin, Vision, Objectives
C. Code of Professional Conduct
D. Conditions of Engagement - Part One: Types of Consultancy Services
Two. Transport Planning can be further classified into the following six categories:
E. Part Two - Methods of Professional Fee Calculation