Madhya Pradesh villagers first to get residential land rights

By IANS

Bhopal : Madhya Pradesh will Jan 26 become the first state in the country to provide villagers with ownership rights of their houses and residential plots, officials said.


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“Villagers do not have ownership rights of their residential plots as their urban counterparts. The government’s move to give them the rights will benefit residents of 53,000 villages who would cumulatively become owners of about 12 million residential plots,” a revenue department official told IANS.

“Madhya Pradesh will become the first state in the country to give such rights to villagers,” the official said Friday.

“The state government will start distributing the Mukhyamantri Grameen Awas Adhikar Pustika (a booklet with land ownership details) from Jan 26. The booklet will be based on hologram technology with a photograph of the farmer concerned so that no one can imitate or forge it,” Revenue Minister Kamal Patel said.

“A target of six months has been set to complete this campaign, which will be launched by Governor Balram Jakhar and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Republic Day. An estimated Rs.100 to 120 million will be spent on this campaign,” he added.

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