In AP, a state government official said that the farmers have ‘Voluntarily offered’ about 90% targeted 38,581 acres land required for new capital ‘Amravati’ under the pooling system.
‘NITI Aayog’ has praised the ‘land pooling’ method as a ‘model to the nation’ in land acquisition scheme, the Central Government thinks.
T Srinivasa Rao, OSD to CM said that the Farmers have voluntarily offered 32,637.48 acre of the targeted 38,581.15 acres of land for the new capital.
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Rao said that the Land Pooling Scheme (LPS), evolved by the state, is the assembling of small land parcels under different ownerships voluntarily into a large land parcel.
He said that Andhra Pradesh Captial Region Development Authority (APCRDA) formulated for planning, coordination, executions and promoting and securing the planned development of the capital region, ensures return of reconstituted land and payment of benefits to the land owners per every acre voluntarily handed over.
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He added that for every acre of patta land 1,000 sq yards of residential plots and 450 sq yards of commercial plots for semi urban lands will be returned to land owners.
For crop loss per acre annuity will be paid at Rs 30,000 for dry and Rs 50,000 for semi urban lands for a period of 10 years.
The officials said the government has alloted 996 acres of land to a dozen institutions to set up educational, health and other bodies at a projected cost of Rs 17,808 crore. These projects are aimed at creating 32,726 jobs.