GATE 2021 AR – Question 48
Under the 2013 land-acquisition Act, for which purposes can the urgency clause be invoked?
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Correct answer: (A) National defence and security; (D) An emergency arising from natural calamities
Explanation
The restricted urgency provision covers defence/security and the specified natural-calamity emergency/rehabilitation context, A, D. Ordinary housing or industrial development does not by itself establish the exceptional statutory urgency ground. This describes the cited provision rather than all powers under every acquisition law.