 The Bill as drafted mandates compensation and entitlements without limit to number of claimants.Thus, for clarity and as an example, if 1000 acres of rural land is to be acquired for a project, with market price of ₹2,25,000 per acre (US$5000 per acre), 100 families claim to be land owners, and 5 families per acre claim their rights as livelihood losers under the proposed LARR 2011 Bill, the total cost to acquire the 1000 acre would be

The average effective cost of land, in the above example will be at least ₹41,00,000 (US$91,400) per acre plus replacement homes and additional services per Schedule III to VI of the proposed bill.Even if the pre-acquisition average market price for land were just ₹22,500 per acre (US$500 per acre) in the above example, the proposed R&R, other entitlements and Schedule III to VI would raise the effective cost of land to at least ₹33,03,000 (US$73,400) per acre.