Govt changes policy to pacify land owners

Earlier,the government followed the policy of acquiring land from the owners by giving them the prevailing market price,which was a standard price for all plots in the state.

Now,the state has decided to fix the price according to the area — the price of a particular plot in a specific area will be fixed after considering the requirements of the people of the area,said Commerce and Industry Minister Nirupam Sen. He was speaking at the Steel Conclave 2009,which was organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

Stressing the fact that land availability is not a problem in the state,Sen said: “Land is not at all a serious issue in the state and it has been made to look critical deliberately by some people. We have set up land committees locally to fix the price of land according to the demands of the land-owners or farmers.”