Reservation and other benefits

Reservation and other benefits.—

1. (1) All benefits, including the reservation benefits available to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the concerned State shall continue to be preserved in the resettlement area.
2. (2) Whenever the affected families of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes are resettled in districts outside the districts where the displacement occurred, the rate of rehabilitation and other statutory benefits shall be determined by the State where the resettlement is taking place or at such rates higher than those prescribed by the State where the displacement occurred.