Monday, August 29, 2011

Agriculture Land Being Converted into Non Agriculture Purposes

It has been reported in the newspapers of Bihar that new land acquisition rules have been framed for changing agricultural land into non-agricultural land. For setting up power plants up to 25 MW of hydro power, these rules can be applied.

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 15 of the Bihar Agriculture Land
(Conversion for Non Agriculture Purposes) Act, 2010, (Bihar Act 11 of 2010), the Governor of Bihar has been pleased to make the following rules vide Notification No.-244(8) Ra. dated-15.03.2011under the said Act.

The Bihar Agriculture Land (Conversion for Non Agriculture Purposes) Rules, 2011


Bihar's New land acquisition policy for industries also merits attention in this regard in the context of Draft National Land Acquisition and Resettlement and Rehabilitation Bill 2011 of the central government.

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