In a relief to poor landholders, Govt changes Urban land disposal rules

Abhishek Shrivastava

Jaipur: In a relief for the poor landowners, the State Govt has affected changes in the urban land disposal rules. These changes will also reduce the financial burden for the account holders affected by land acquisition, sports persons who have brought laurels to the country and state in sports and army personnel who have received gallantry awards. Economi- cally Weaker Section (EWS) and Low Income Group (LIG) plot holders will now have to pay much less lease amount than before for the plots allotted in the schemes of city improvement trusts, authorities and bodies.

UDH Department has recently issued a notification and important changes have been made in the urban land disposal rules. This change will provide great relief to the land holders who have taken land from the City Improvement Trust, Authority and other bodies. imposed on them too,” Lamba told reporters at a press conference here.

On behalf of civic bodies, lease of plots of various schemes is issued under urban land disposal rules. Under these rules, there is a provision to deposit the lease amount of the plot. UDH Department had issued a notification on Jan 18 to change these rules. The formula for calculating lease amount has been changed by changing the rules.

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