The government has done away with non-agricultural permissions required to use farmland for industrial and commercial purposes.
In a major move to ease pressure on tehsil offices in growing cities in the states, the revenue department has proposed to create more offices to handle the revenue work. Aurangabad will soon have two offices, city and rural, from the coming month, followed by other key cities in the state, including Pune, to handle the revenue work which is increasing with the city’s expanding boundaries.
“There is massive work handled by the revenue department and one tehsil office is not enough to handle the work especially for growing cities such as Pune and other key cities. Division of work is essential and there needs to be more offices and more posts to handle the revenue work,” said revenue minister Eknath Khadse in the city after the first day of the revenue conference held at YASHDA.
He said the government has made major amendments in the revenue department over the last six months. Khadse said the government has taken a major decision on “affidavits” where they have introduced self-attestation, which has made the work easier and those giving false attestation would be punished with imprisonment of up to two years.
The government has done away with non-agricultural permissions required to use farmland for industrial and commercial purposes. The simplification of procedure will also unlock the value of the land in urban pockets and areas including the cities of Pune and Mumbai.
Khadse said this will do away with tedious procedures and harassment besides cutting down on delays. According to provisions of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966, no agricultural land could be used for non-agricultural purpose without permission of the district collector. This required 22-32 no-objection certificates from various departments, complicating the procedure for applicants.
The government also announced that they would waive off stamp duty on transfer of immovable property by its owner to an heir or family member. The revenue minister said the government had also taken steps to find a permanent solution to the problem of unauthorised constructions in the state. The cabinet has decided to make pertinent changes in the Bombay Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation Act, 1947, which will allow for authorisation of thousands of constructions facing imminent action in Pimpri-Chinchwad and other areas.
In order to prevent fragmentation of agricultural land, the Act had barred buying or selling of land parcel lesser than 11 gunthas. In the absence of sale deed, no construction on smaller land holdings could be legalised or passed by any civic body.
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/more-tehsil-offices-to-come-up-in-growing-cities-says-revenue-minister/#sthash.rK3gA7wO.dpuf
In a major move to ease pressure on tehsil offices in growing cities in the states, the revenue department has proposed to create more offices to handle the revenue work. Aurangabad will soon have two offices, city and rural, from the coming month, followed by other key cities in the state, including Pune, to handle the revenue work which is increasing with the city’s expanding boundaries.
“There is massive work handled by the revenue department and one tehsil office is not enough to handle the work especially for growing cities such as Pune and other key cities. Division of work is essential and there needs to be more offices and more posts to handle the revenue work,” said revenue minister Eknath Khadse in the city after the first day of the revenue conference held at YASHDA.
He said the government has made major amendments in the revenue department over the last six months. Khadse said the government has taken a major decision on “affidavits” where they have introduced self-attestation, which has made the work easier and those giving false attestation would be punished with imprisonment of up to two years.
The government has done away with non-agricultural permissions required to use farmland for industrial and commercial purposes. The simplification of procedure will also unlock the value of the land in urban pockets and areas including the cities of Pune and Mumbai.
Khadse said this will do away with tedious procedures and harassment besides cutting down on delays. According to provisions of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966, no agricultural land could be used for non-agricultural purpose without permission of the district collector. This required 22-32 no-objection certificates from various departments, complicating the procedure for applicants.
The government also announced that they would waive off stamp duty on transfer of immovable property by its owner to an heir or family member. The revenue minister said the government had also taken steps to find a permanent solution to the problem of unauthorised constructions in the state. The cabinet has decided to make pertinent changes in the Bombay Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation Act, 1947, which will allow for authorisation of thousands of constructions facing imminent action in Pimpri-Chinchwad and other areas.
In order to prevent fragmentation of agricultural land, the Act had barred buying or selling of land parcel lesser than 11 gunthas. In the absence of sale deed, no construction on smaller land holdings could be legalised or passed by any civic body.
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/more-tehsil-offices-to-come-up-in-growing-cities-says-revenue-minister/#sthash.rK3gA7wO.dpuf
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government has done away with non-agricultural permissions required to
use farmland for industrial and commercial purposes. - See more at:
http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/more-tehsil-offices-to-come-up-in-growing-cities-says-revenue-minister/#sthash.rK3gA7wO.dpuf
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