Shillong, Nov. 12 (IANS): In a historic development, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Friday has transferred land ownership rights to tribal households of Reserve Gittim village in West Garo Hills despite Meghalaya not having clear land titles unlike other parts of India. At a function, Sangma awarded ‘Land Patta’ to 100 tribal households fulfilling decades old demands of the land owners. Officials said that due to unique and traditional agrarian systems of “Jhum cultivation” (burn and shifting method of agriculture) and distinctive social structure, the northeastern state did not have clear land titles. After the reorganisation of states and award of statehood to Meghalaya in 1972, tribals of Meghalaya have been requesting recognition of their rights over the land. Meghalaya, where over 86 per cent of the total of three million populations are tribals, was formed by carving out two districts from the state of Assam. With the rising modern farming, t
In a historic development, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Friday has transferred land ownership rights to tribal households of Reserve Gittim village in West Garo Hills despite Meghalaya not having clear land titles unlike other .
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