Goa Agricultural Land Bill will save paddy fields from being taken over for non-agricultural purposes: CM Pramod Sawant
1 year, 8 months ago

Goa Agricultural Land Bill will save paddy fields from being taken over for non-agricultural purposes: CM Pramod Sawant

The Hindu  

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has defended the Goa Restriction on Transfer of Agricultural Land Bill, claiming it will save the coastal State's paddy fields from being taken over by buyers for non-agriculture purposes. That is why after the Goa Agriculture Tenancy Act, this is the second such Bill in the last 60 years enacted by the State to safeguard the paddy fields,” Mr. Sawant said. “The Bill clearly restricts the sale of paddy fields for non-agriculture purposes,” he said adding that non-agriculturists can purchase the land for agriculture purposes, but they will have to utilise it within three years or else it would be taken over by the government. Mr. Sawant said some people who are opposing the Bill want to sell agricultural land.

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