TRANSFORMING TRANSFORMING TRANSFORMING SUSTAINABILITY REPORT FY 2023 COMMUNITIES THE PLANET THE WORKPLACE Resettlement and Land Acquisition At the start of a new project, 1 Restoring Lives and Communities: Vedanta's commitment to Resettlement and Rehabilitation in Lanjigarh land acquisition and resettlement are two critical Minimizing the activities that require sensitive acquisition of land handling of community 2 concerns and expectations. Disclosure of Resettlement is done in those displacement cases where communities are eligibility and in close proximity to the mines 3 entitlements Grie At our Lanjigarh facility, we have been working to improve their lives as they gain new skills that resettle and rehabilitate 261 families that have can help them create a better future. or operational sites and are at v risk of adverse impact. Identification of ance R been displaced due to our project-related Project Affected activities. The resettlement and rehabilitation People (PAP) Vedanta follows a well-defined 4 edr has been meticulously planned over several Technical Standard for Land years, under the guidance of the Government of and Resettlement Development of essals Odisha. New housing, employment opportunities Livelihood Restoration Resettle and rehabilitated Management and Grievance & Resettlement Action for each household, and compensation for the Mechanism, to facilitate Plans land/crops affected, has been agreed on, with cohesive handling of 5 the whole process being carried out in 261 families project-affected communities' accordance with our Land Acquisition & physical and economic Implementation & Resettlement standard. Site teams have resettlement. Comprehensive Monitoring of plan provided alternative homestead lands, socio-economic and homebuilding assistance, employment environmental impact opportunities, and cash payments in lieu of assessments are done to We acknowledge the potential human employment. A total investment on INR guide our actions and impacts of resettlement as: minimize biodiversity-related 130,720,000,000 is being made that includes impacts. Throughout the • Loss of productive land payments for land purchase, Resettlement course of these exercises, we • Loss of employment and income colony construction, R&R package, R&R actively engage with the subsistence allowance, trainee stipends, and • Loss of housing skill-development training. Additionally, `45.60 communities to understand and manage their concerns • Loss of access to common resources and million has been allocated for ongoing skill and expectations and to be public services development training. These efforts just and fair in our handling of • Social fragmentation demonstrate Vedanta's commitment towards the transition. providing fair compensation to those affected by The human aspects of displacement involve our business activities, and the involvement that movement from an individual’s home and we have in their proper resettlement and familiar environs to a resettlement location. This is a consideration under Vedanta's rehabilitation so that these families and large Cultural Heritage Land Acquisition and communities are not disadvantaged. Rather they Resettlement Standards, and is used as a can leverage the changed circumstances to Guidance Note for all our operations to better understand and handle such aspects. 42