J&K Government’s flip-flop on agricultural land
The Hindu
It can now be used for non-agricultural purposes, it says
Just 13 months after the J&K Government had framed laws to protect the Union Territory’s agriculture land, the Lieutenant Governor’s administration, in a flip-flop on Thursday, paved the path for its conversion for non-agricultural purposes.
A spokesman said the J&K Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha, in a significant decision, approved the regulations framed by the Board of Revenue for the conversion.
“The regulations are necessitated after the legislative changes in the Land Revenue Act post-reorganisation of the erstwhile State. They have been issued to regulate the uncontrolled conversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes on the one hand and keep the developmental aspirations of the UT and the people on the other hand,” the spokesman said.
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