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New Indian Express
12 hours ago
- Business
- New Indian Express
Punjab cabinet approves land polling policy amid tiff with farmers, criticism from opposition parties
CHANDIGARH: Amid criticism from opposition parties and ongoing tensions with farmer unions, the Punjab cabinet today approved the Land Pooling Policy, aimed at curbing illegal colonisation. Under the policy, farmers can voluntarily offer their land for development and, in return, receive a residential plot and a commercial site in lieu of one acre of land. The Punjab cabinet approved the introduction of a new land pooling policy in the state to promote planned and sustainable development. A spokesperson from the Chief Minister's Office said the policy aims to involve landowners, promoters, and companies as stakeholders in the development process and to increase interest in land pooling among landowners. The revised scheme has been rationalised to benefit small and marginal farmers significantly, offering more options to landowners, which will boost group housing and planned development, ultimately benefiting the common man. The policy is designed to ensure holistic development by integrating every stakeholder into the process. The new policy will be a game changer for the state as it will provide major benefits for farmers. There will be no more exploitation of farmers, and under this policy, farmers will directly benefit by crores of rupees. No private developers or land mafia can exploit farmers as the policy ensures protection from such exploitation, an official said. The official added that complete authority lies with the farmer, and it will be 100 percent their decision whether to give land to the government or not. Farmers can either keep their land and continue farming or choose to sell it. There will be no forced acquisition as used to happen earlier. Nothing will proceed without the farmer's written consent (NOC), and the land will be given directly to the government, not private developers.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Centre set to push amendments to DDA, to give fillip to land pooling policy
The Centre is all set to push amendments to the Delhi Development Act, 1957, to give a fillip to the Land Pooling Policy and involve private developers in vertical development in 129 sectors spread across 104 urbanised villages of the capital. With the BJP government taking charge of Delhi, the Centre has decided to bring focus back to the long-pending Land Pooling Policy which, though notified in 2013 and 2018, has not been operationalised. The Centre is planning to push amendments to the Delhi Development Act which will make land pooling mandatory for all residents if a certain percentage -- 70% -- of owners of land in an area agree to pool land. The amendments also give power to the Centre to declare mandatory land pooling and mandatory urban regeneration even if a minimum threshold participation of 70% has not been achieved. The amendments were first proposed in 2022 and were put out for public consultation. However, they have been pending with the ministry of housing and urban affairs. According to sources, the amendments are likely to be pushed once again to operationalise the policy and build residential high-rises and housing for economically weaker sections in these areas. The LPP envisages high-rise residential buildings in so-far underdeveloped and chaotic areas of Outer Delhi like Narela, Bawana and Najafgarh. Earlier, DDA used to acquire land, build flats, provide community infrastructure like parks and then float housing schemes to dispose of these flats. However, this DDA-led colony development has become outdated and being challenged due to complicated land acquisition processes. In 2018, DDA came up with a LPP which gave the opportunity to the landowners of a notified sector to organise themselves into a "consortium", pool their land and keep 60% for development of residential high rises and other facilities and hand over 40% to DDA for community infrastructure like roads and sewer networks. As per the policy, 70% of the landowners of contiguous land in a sector have to give consent for their land to be pooled. The response to the scheme has been tepid as not a single sector has been developed. The biggest challenge in implementation remains the consent of landowners. This is why the Centre is now keen on bringing the amendments to make it mandatory for landowners to participate in the scheme. The Centre is also likely to increase the floor area ratio allowed from 200 to 400. This will make it more lucrative for private builders to come and participate in vertical development of the city. The policy is included in Master Plan for Delhi 2041 , which has not been notified pending approval of the Centre.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Centre set to push amendments to DDA, to give fillip to land pooling policy
The Centre is all set to push amendments to the Delhi Development Act, 1957, to give a fillip to the Land Pooling Policy and involve private developers in vertical development in 129 sectors spread across 104 urbanised villages of the capital. With the BJP government taking charge of Delhi, the Centre has decided to bring focus back to the long-pending Land Pooling Policy which, though notified in 2013 and 2018, has not been operationalised. The Centre is planning to push amendments to the Delhi Development Act which will make land pooling mandatory for all residents if a certain percentage -- 70% -- of owners of land in an area agree to pool land. The amendments also give power to the Centre to declare mandatory land pooling and mandatory urban regeneration even if a minimum threshold participation of 70% has not been achieved. The amendments were first proposed in 2022 and were put out for public consultation. However, they have been pending with the ministry of housing and urban affairs. According to sources, the amendments are likely to be pushed once again to operationalise the policy and build residential high-rises and housing for economically weaker sections in these areas. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch vàng CFDs với sàn môi giới tin cậy IC Markets Tìm hiểu thêm by Taboola by Taboola The LPP envisages high-rise residential buildings in so-far underdeveloped and chaotic areas of Outer Delhi like Narela, Bawana and Najafgarh. Earlier, DDA used to acquire land, build flats, provide community infrastructure like parks and then float housing schemes to dispose of these flats. However, this DDA-led colony development has become outdated and being challenged due to complicated land acquisition processes. In 2018, DDA came up with a LPP which gave the opportunity to the landowners of a notified sector to organise themselves into a "consortium", pool their land and keep 60% for development of residential high rises and other facilities and hand over 40% to DDA for community infrastructure like roads and sewer networks. As per the policy, 70% of the landowners of contiguous land in a sector have to give consent for their land to be pooled. Live Events The response to the scheme has been tepid as not a single sector has been developed. The biggest challenge in implementation remains the consent of landowners. This is why the Centre is now keen on bringing the amendments to make it mandatory for landowners to participate in the scheme. The Centre is also likely to increase the floor area ratio allowed from 200 to 400. This will make it more lucrative for private builders to come and participate in vertical development of the city. The policy is included in Master Plan for Delhi 2041 , which has not been notified pending approval of the Centre.
