Resettlement Action Plan for Hybrid Park

The objective of the Innovations in Solar Power and Hybrid Technologies Project is to demonstrate large-scale innovative renewable energy technologies in India. The project will have an adverse impact on the income and livelihoods of 216 affected families and is committed towards restoration of pre-project levels of income. The R&R framework proposed for the project has adequate provisions for restoration of livelihood of the affected communities. The focus will be on improving the standards of living of the affected families. To restore and enhance the economic conditions of the PAPs, certain income generation and income restoration programs are incorporated in the RAP. For Income restoration it is important that the existing skills of the PAPs are identified and further upgraded. During the implementation of RAP, the project will conduct a skills-based survey of the PAPs in accordance with the available resource base of the area and market demands (with proper forward and backward linkages). This study will determine the training and capacity building interventions to be carried out. The study will also consider the skill requirements across gender and different social and religious groups. Based on the training’s provided, the project will identify income-generating activities. This will include establishing forward and backward linkages for marketing and credit facility. The project in consultation with the PAPs, district administration and other stakeholders in institutional financing and marketing federations will prepare micro-plans for IR activities. Further, these options will be tested for their viability against availability of skills, resource base of the area and available and appropriate technology. Project should look to dovetail with ongoing government initiatives for skill enhancement like the ‘PMKVY’ for skill development of PAPs.