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    4.0 Policy & Regulatory Framework: 4.1 Overview of Policies, Legislations & Guidelines

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    This section summarizes the national, state, and World Bank policies and regulations applicable to the West Bengal Electricity Distribution Grid Modernization Project. It outlines the relevant environmental, social, and labor laws and standards at the national and state level in India that may apply. These include regulations on environmental protection, land acquisition, biodiversity conservation, indigenous peoples, cultural heritage, community health and safety, and more. It also lists the applicable World Bank Environmental and Social Standards. A table compares these various policies and standards. The activities of the project are then mapped to the relevant regulations.

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    This section summarizes the national, state, and World Bank policies and regulations applicable to the West Bengal Electricity Distribution Grid Modernization Project. It outlines the relevant environmental, social, and labor laws and standards at the national and state level in India that may apply. These include regulations on environmental protection, land acquisition, biodiversity conservation, indigenous peoples, cultural heritage, community health and safety, and more. It also lists the applicable World Bank Environmental and Social Standards. A table compares these various policies and standards. The activities of the project are then mapped to the relevant regulations.

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    This section summarizes the national, state, and World Bank policies and regulations applicable to the West Bengal Electricity Distribution Grid Modernization Project. It outlines the relevant environmental, social, and labor laws and standards at the national and state level in India that may apply. These include regulations on environmental protection, land acquisition, biodiversity conservation, indigenous peoples, cultural heritage, community health and safety, and more. It also lists the applicable World Bank Environmental and Social Standards. A table compares these various policies and standards. The activities of the project are then mapped to the relevant regulations.

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    ESMF for West Bengal Electricity Distribution Grid Modernization Project Chapter 4

    4.0 POLICY & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK


    This section highlights the national/state environmental and social policies & regulations,
    World Bank standards & guidelines applicable to the proposed Project i.e. WBEDGMP. The
    regulatory framework focuses on:

     Applicable national and state level environmental and social regulations for the
    project;
     Institutional Framework for the implementation of the regulations;
     Applicable World Bank’s Environmental and Social Standards and Guidelines.

    4.1 OVERVIEW OF POLICIES, LEGISLATIONS & GUIDELINES

    The legislations and policies which have been identified for WBEDGMP are presented in Table
    4.1. A review of the policies, national and state level legislation and guidelines are presented in
    Appendix 4.1.

    Based on the review of the applicable legislations a comparative analysis has been carried out
    with the World Bank standards to understand any gaps between existing regulations and
    World Bank standards/Policies and recommend suitable changes in the existing practice to
    address these gaps. The Annexure 4.2 shows the equivalence between the country level
    regulations and the World Bank Policies.

    TABLE 4.1: WORLD BANK POLICIES & STANDARDS AND NATIONAL & STATE LEVEL
    LEGISLATIONS WHICH MAY BE APPLICABLE TO WBEDGMP

    World Bank Electricity related Environmental Social Legislation Labour Related


    Standards/Guideline legislation legislation Legislation
    ESS 1: Assessment and Electricity Act 2003 Environmental The Right to Fair The Child Labour
    Management of Protection Act 1986 Compensation and (Prohibition and
    Environmental and Social Transparency in Land Regulation Act,1986
    Risks and Impact Acquisition,
    Rehabilitation and
    Resettlement Act,
    2013

    GoWB Land Purchase


    Policy, 2016
    ESS 2: Labor & Working Technical Standards Forest Conversation Schedule Tribes and Contract Labour
    Conditions for construction of Act 1980 other Traditional (Regulation &
    Electrical Plants and Forest Dwellers Abolition)
    Electric Lines West Bengal ( Recognition of Forest
    Regulation,2010 Trees (Protection and Rights) Act 2006
    Conservation in Non
    Forest Areas) Act,

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    2006. West Bengal
    Trees (Protection and
    Conservation in Non
    Forest Areas) Rule,
    2007
    ESS 3: Resource Measure relating to Wild Life Protection Minimum Wages Act
    Efficiency and pollution safety and Electrical Act, 1972 1948
    Prevention & supply
    Management Regulation 2010
    ESS 4: Community Hazardous and Other Bonded Labour
    Health & Safety Wastes (Management System (Abolition)
    and Transboundary Act,1976
    Movement Rule, 2016)
    ESS 5: Land Acquisition, E-waste Grievance Redressal
    Restriction on Land Use (Management) Policy
    and Involuntary Rules,2016 Under Industrial
    Resettlement Disputes
    Amendment
    Act,1976
    ESS 6: Biodiversity Battery( Management The Payment of
    Conservation and &handling) Rules 2001 Wages Act 1936
    Sustainable Management amended in 2005
    of Living Natural
    Resources
    ESS 7: Indigenous Ozone Depleting Compensation
    Peoples/ Sub-Saharan Substances Act,1923
    African Historically (Regulation and
    Underserved Traditional Control Rules)2000
    Local Communities
    ESS 8: Cultural Heritage Ancient Monuments Maternity Benefit
    and Archaeological Act,1961
    Sites and Remain
    Act,2010 Employees state
    Migrant Workmen
    Indian Treasure Trove Act,1979
    Act 1878
    Intimation of
    The West Bengal Accident ( Forms and
    Preservation of Times of service of
    Historical Monuments notice) Rules , 2004
    and Objects and
    Excavation of
    Archaeological Sites
    Act, 1957;
    ESS 10: Stake-holder
    Engagement Plan
    IFC/WB General EHS
    guideline
    IFC/WB Guidelines for
    Power Transmission and
    Distribution

    4.2 APPLICABLE POLICY & LEGISLATION FOR WBEDGMP


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    As described in the sections above the WBEDGMP project envisages the following activities:

    i) Implementation of HVDS with conversion of LTOH line bare conductor by LT AB cable


    in 14 Districts of West Bengal;

    ii) Construction of 15 nos 33/11 kv GIS Sub-stations;

    iii) Conversion of Overhead Network into Underground cable system at Asansol,


    Baruipur, Kharagpur, Baguihati, Kestopur and Rajarhat; and

    iv) Creation of IT backbone for rolling out AMI & SCADA System, etc.

    Considering the project intervention an attempt has been made to map the regulations and
    standards which are applicable. The applicability of the regulation for different project
    activities are presented in Table 4.2.

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