Land purchase: State and district-level panels to be set up
This follows a recommendation from the Land Revenue Commissioner. The six-member State-level committee will be headed by the Chief Secretary, with the Revenue Secretary as convener.
The district-level purchase committee will have seven members. The District Collector will be its chairperson. This comes in the wake of delays in procedures related to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.
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