Amid the continued particular land survey in Bihar, the Bihar authorities has to this point recognized 31,60,947 authorities khesra involving 17,86,276 acres of land, in response to the statistics supplied by the division of income and land reforms.
Bihar land survey: Over 17.8-lakh acres of govt land recognized
The federal government has began the method of verification of the federal government land, because the final survey was finished over 70 years in the past. It’s being seen as a significant success of the division of income and land reforms.
The federal government had earlier initiated the method of locking landholding particulars (khata/khesra) of possession of lakhs of acres of the federal government land throughout the state to forestall any future transaction.
Conforming the actual fact, Further Chief Secretary (ACS), division of income and land reforms, Dipak Kumar Singh mentioned that after verification the actual image would emerge in regards to the authorities land accessible.
“As the last survey was done decades ago, a good chunk of the land under government khesra may have been used for projects over the years. Therefore, after verification we will get to know how much land remains with the government,” he added.
The ACS mentioned that the federal government tasks utilizing the land could have additionally not acquired mutation finished and that will additionally should be ascertained for route to departments to get the method accomplished.
The federal government land is unfold throughout the state and the primary means of figuring out the khesra has achieved desired success. Throughout verification, the encroachment or unlawful possession may also come to mild for needful motion, mentioned a senior official of the division.
“Directions have been given to all the district magistrates for protection of the government land from land sharks and put all the landholding records in digital form for greater transparency,” he added.
The identification of the federal government land will give the state alternative to make use of them for varied infrastructure tasks and industries. In densely populated Bihar, land availability has through the years been the Achilles heel for the federal government to draw buyers. Apart from, it can additionally present the federal government land for distribution among the many landless.
With questions raised over locking of registration of lakhs of acres of suspected authorities land few months in the past, the ACS had mentioned that it was being finished solely within the case of land that was proven with the federal government within the earlier survey.
“Locking was being done at the district level and the district level committee looked into the objections. Proper verification of the land records will be done. If anyone has bona fide claim that will also be looked into through laid down process,” he added.
The Bihar authorities has already prolonged the deadline for finishing the continued land survey by a 12 months to offer landholders ample time to get their data and paperwork proper with none inconvenience.
Now the survey has been prolonged until July 2026. Earlier, it was July 2025. The particular survey was began in 2020 and was to be accomplished by December 2023, nevertheless it didn’t make a lot headway. Then it once more began in 2022, however as a consequence of sluggish tempo and problems concerned it has been prolonged a number of instances. Since 2024 it has picked up momentum. The final cadastral survey within the state was performed in 1911 in the course of the British rule.
“The objective of the entire exercise to digitise the land records for the convenience of the genuine people so that disputes don’t take place – one of the key reasons behind crime the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been highlighting time and again,” mentioned the ACS.
Resolving land disputes has been an extended pending concern in Bihar and successive authorities didn’t wish to contact the contentious concern, however the CM initiated it regardless of political dangers concerned within the election 12 months.