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The Karnataka authorities has stepped up efforts to betterment onshore medication by notifying wide-ranging amendments to the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964, and the Karnataka Land Revenue Rules, 1966. The authorities besides accelerated the instauration of gross villages and the organisation of rubric deeds to long-settled residents surviving without ownership documents.
The last notification, issued connected December 23, brings into unit respective amendments introduced implicit the past 2 to 3 years, peculiarly to Section 95 of the Act. In all, amendments person been carried retired to 47 Sections of the law, including 9 substantive changes aimed astatine streamlining procedures, improving transparency and making onshore governance much citizen-centric.
A cardinal diagnostic of the betterment is the broad amendment of the Karnataka Land Revenue Rules, 1966, for the archetypal clip successful 56 years. Changes person been made to 44 rules, marking the astir important overhaul of gross medication since the sweeping onshore reforms introduced nether the past Chief Minister Devaraj Urs successful the 1970s. Officials said the amendments were intended to region procedural ambiguities and bring consistency successful the functioning of gross authorities.
The changes besides question to present greater subject successful gross courts, which, successful the lack of wide guidelines, had successful the past, issued orders beyond their jurisdiction, peculiarly astatine the sub-divisional level. Clear rules person present been laid down to guarantee transparency and quicker entree to justice.
Simplified onshore conversion
The amendments spot peculiar accent connected simplifying onshore conversion. District Commissioners person been directed to determine connected conversion applications wrong the stipulated period, with online submission of applications present enabled. If nary determination is taken wrong 30 days, conversion volition beryllium deemed to person been granted. Small-scale industries person been exempted from conversion requirements for concern usage up to 2 acres, portion renewable vigor projects person besides been granted exemptions taxable to support from the Energy Department.
Title deeds and gross villages
Parallel to these reforms, the authorities has intensified its thrust to regularise unauthorised habitations done the instauration of gross villages and the issuance of rubric deeds. At a monthly reappraisal gathering connected December 24, Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda directed each Deputy Commissioners to expedite the process, mounting a people of distributing rubric deeds to 1.10 lakh families by February.
Since amendments to the instrumentality were enacted successful 2017, rubric deeds person been issued to 1.08 lakh families up to May 2023, followed by different 1.11 lakh families betwixt May 2023 and 2025. The Revenue Village Creation run involves identifying undocumented settlements, conducting surveys, issuing notifications and registering properties, mostly benefiting economically weaker sections.
