Social Impact Assessment (SIA)
Before any land is acquired or construction starts, Monarch’s Social Impact Assessment (SIA) teams conduct studies to deliver positive social outcomes while mitigating any potential negative impacts. We identify which communities will be affected, how livelihoods might change, and what mitigation or resettlement measures are required throughout all stages of the project lifecycle.
Our Economists, social – Greenfield corridors bisecting farms, Settlements and tribal areas ther to profile communities, map vulnerable groups, quantify asset losses, and design fair, transparent compensation frameworks that withstand statutory scrutiny and public challenge. The result is a community backed and legally robust roadmap that lets projects proceed without social flashpoints.
Where our SIA adds value:
Highways & Expressways – Greenfield corridors bisecting farms, Settlements and tribal areas
Rail & Metro – Depots, Yards and Station redevelopments in dense urban fabric
Energy & Transmission Lines – Tower sites, ROW strips, Livelihood impacts on hill or forest communities
Ports & Coastal Projects – Fisher folk displacement, CRZ zone livelihood restoration
Urban Redevelopment & Smart-City Works – Informal settlements, Street vendor relocation plans
How we deliver:
Baseline profiling – household surveys, focus group discussions and asset inventories captured on tablet apps; geo tagged to cadastral sheets.
Impact quantification – overlay alignment options on population data, land records and income sources; flag vulnerable groups and cultural sites.
Mitigation & R&R planning – draft entitlement matrix, costed resettlement layout, skill up programmes and grievance redress mechanism.
Stakeholder engagement – bilingual brochures, village sabhas and helplines log concerns and feed revisions.
Statutory submission – final SIA/R&R report with compliance check list for Section 4(2) public hearings or RFCTLARR 2013 clearance.
Why Monarch has the edge:
All socio-economic fieldwork, GIS mapping and legal drafting is done inhouse, so a design shift instantly updates affected person counts, entitlement costs and consultation plans. Our digital survey tools cut enumeration errors below 1 %, and dedicated grievance teams keep post hearing objections to a minimum yielding a > 95 % first- submission clearancerate from Collectors and Expert Groups across five states.
Representative projects:
Nagpur – Gondia Expressway (MSRDC) – village level SIA covering 1804 ha and 63 villages; entitlement matrix accepted without modification.
Versova – Bandra Sea Link (MSRDC) – fisherfolk livelihood study and gender action plan integrated with the project’s EIA/CRZ approval.