Land for the development of State-funded projects in Uttar Pradesh will now be acquired through mutual agreement with land owners and land holders. The new system of land acquisition was granted approval by the State Government in a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
Informed sources said the system has been introduced to tide over the delay in acquiring land under the Land Acquisition Act, 2013 and to prevent any legal tussle with land owners. The compensation for the land acquired in urban areas will not be more than two times the market value/circle rate and in the rural areas not more than four times the market value/circle rate of the land. The land owners will also be paid for the property, trees and standing crops on their land.
If land cannot be acquired through mutual agreement, then action would be taken under the provisions of the 2013 Act and the concerning government orders, an official said.
Approval was granted to the Uttar Pradesh Goonda Control (Amendment) Bill, 2015. A significant feature is the inclusion of the provisions related to cattle smuggling, sexual exploitation, child labour, bonded labour, beggary and the illegal trade in the removal of body parts in the Amendment Bill.
The Uttar Pradesh Gangster’s and Anti-Social Activities (Amendment) Bill, 2015 was also given the Cabinet approval, informed sources said.
The Government has also decided to increase the pension (“sammaan raashi” ) to the MISA ( Maintenance of Internal Security Act ) and DIFR (Defence of India Rules) detenu during the Emergency ( June 25, 1975 to March 21, 1977 ) by Rs. 4,000. They will now get a pension of Rs. 10,000 per month. The Cabinet decision would be effective from the date of the Government Order (GO).
Pension to freedom fighters and their dependants has also been increased by Rs. 3.189. They will now be entitled for a pension of Rs. 12,000 per month and this decision will also be effective from the date of the GO.
Among the other decisions, sources said, was the approval for The Uttar Pradesh Braj Planning and Development Board-Bill, 2015, which entails the integrated development of Mathura and the Braj region. The proposed Board would be headed by the Chief Minister. The Braj Planning and Development Council is also proposed to be constituted.
Meanwhile, the land identified by the Revenue Department will be given free of cost on 90 years lease to the Agra Development Authority for the development of a “Roadside Café Street” of international standards on the Agra-Fatehabad road. A roadside café street on the lines of those in London and Paris would be developed on 7120 square metres of land.
