Emphasis
on agriculture and protecting the nature of the land has been stressed in the
rules framed as part of allowing five per cent of the estate land for tourism
purposes. According to the rules submitted by the Land Board to the government,
it calls for using 90 per cent of the five per cent land for agriculture
purpose.
Though
the Kerala Land Reforms Act 1963 has been amended to ensure
that five per cent of land in all plantations can be used for other purposes,
the rules have not yet been framed. One of the important rules that has been
framed and submitted for approval of the government is that only 5 per cent or
50 acres of the total land, which ever is minimal, should be only used for non
– plantation purposes. And it has been said that only ten percent of the
alienated 5 per cent land or 5 acres should be used for tourism purposes and
the remaining for cultivating plants that has been specified in the amendment.
The
rules specify that exemption on the land can be given only once, which the
officials say would help in preventing more fragmentation of the land. In the
rules, it has been said that the amendment will only be applicable to lands
that are not involved in any court cases, highly placed sources said.
Another
important rule as proposed is that fragmented lands should not be given the
benefit of 5 per cent relaxation. It is learned that the Land Board has
submitted about 40 rules to the government.
Source: The New Indian express
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