Odisha proposes change in definition of homesteadless
The HinduThe Odisha government has proposed a significant revision to the definition of “homesteadless.” Under the new proposal, individuals will be considered homesteadless if they own less than one-twenty-fifth of an acre of homestead land. The Mohan Majhi Government has come out with a draft of the Odisha Government Land Settlement Rules, 2024, proposing to change the definition of homesteadless. The draft rule says the extent of land to be settled in favour of a homesteadless person shall be such that the land so settled together with the homestead land, if any owned by him and the homestead land owned by all the members of his family who are living with him in common mess, shall, on no account, exceed one- twenty fifth of an acre. It means the government would provide deficit land parcel to make it one-twenty fifth of an acre under the new definition of homesteadless.
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