Andhra CM gives land ownership rights to over 20 lakh poor

No other state has done as much as AP in terms of reforms in land administration, says Chief Minister Reddy

Inam land is gifted to family members but without proper ownership documents. (Representational image)

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Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday gave full ownership rights to the beneficiaries of assigned lands, the Land Purchase Scheme (LPS), and village service Inam (gift) lands. This will benefit more than 20.24 lakh poor, who received the ownership of around 35.44 lakh acres of land.

Beneficiaries of assigned lands, which are given by the Government, include the SCs and STs, the poor, the landless and the ex-servicemen, but they have no clear ownership titles. Inam lands are gifted to family members or kin but without proper ownership documents, preventing their resale or mortgaging them.

At Nuzvid in Eluru district, the CM formally launched the handing over of title deeds to 15.21 lakh farmers who have tilled, for 20 years now, 27.41 lakh acres of assigned lands. “More than 1.61 lakh farmers will henceforth enjoy free hold rights over 1.58 lakh acres of village service inam lands,” Reddy said.

Reddy also distributed 46,463 acres of assigned lands to 42,307 eligible poor people, afresh. He also handed over lease deeds to 17,768 eligible people, allotting them 9,064 acres of riverside lands. He also allotted 951 acres of land as Dalit burial grounds in 1,563 villages across the state.

Similarly, Reddy said, 22, 346 farmers were accorded freehold rights over 22, 837 acres of land, which they had purchased after obtaining loans from the SC Corporation under LPS. The loans were waived off. “Without proper ownership documents, these poor people were facing a lot of problems. They could not sell the land, which was often taken away from them illegally,’’ the CM said.

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