PM to launch programme to allot patta to over 1 lakh indigenous people in Assam
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Last Updated: Jan 21, 2021, 03:54 PM IST
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The state government will allot a total of 2,28,160 land pattas in just 4.5 years and the prime minister will initiate the beginning of allotting pattas to 1.06 lakh people on January 23 at the historic Jerenga Pothar in Sivasagar, another official said.
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GUWAHATI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will launch a special programme of the Assam government to distribute land patta or land allotment certificates to over one lakh landless indigenous people.
This is for the first time since independence that such a large number of people will be given patta in Assam in one go.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Assam on Saturday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will distribute over 1 lakh land pattas (allotment certificates) in Sivasagar, Assam on Saturday, January 23. Taking into account an urgent need to protect the land rights of indigenous people of the state, the Government of Assam came out with a comprehensive new Land Policy with a renewed emphasis on protecting the land rights of the indigenous people.
The issuance of patta/allotment certificates for indigenous people of Assam has been given the highest priority in order to instill a sense of security amongst them.
Assam had 5.75 lakh, landless families, in 2016. The present government has distributed 2.28 lakhs land pattas/allotment certificates since May 2016. The ceremony on 23rd January marks the next step in this process.