Landowners Empowered Under Haryana’s Voluntary Land Purchase Policy, 2025
New Policy Offers Incentives to Aggregators, Eases Land Sale for Projects
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh–
In a bid to provide a platform to the landowners to prevent distress sale of land in case of dire necessity due to non-availability of suitable purchasers, Haryana Government has approved New Land Purchase Policy for Development Projects, 2025.
The State Cabinet, which met under the Chairmanship of CM Nayab Singh Saini here today approved this policy for purchase of land voluntarily offered to Government Department, its entities, i.e. Boards and Corporations and Government Companies for Development Projects, 2025.
The purpose of the Policy is to ensure providing a platform to the landowners to prevent distress sale in case of dire necessity due to non-availability of suitable purchasers. Besides this, the landowners can participate in decision making of the Government Projects by offering their lands and getting optimum price of the same.
The State Government had notified the Policy for Purchase of land voluntarily offered to Government for development projects to prevent distress sale of land by landowners and to involve them in decision making while choosing location of development projects in the State. Subsequently, it was felt that there is a need to further make the policy more holistic by including some provisions relating to giving incentives to the Aggregator(s) who have made efforts towards aggregation and empanelment of the aggregators through online portal by issuing a consolidated Policy, superseding the Policy of 2017 including amendments made from time to time.
To ensure clear ownership and the land should not be `shamilat deh' or `mushtarkamalkan' etc at any time. The rights of minor, idiot or lunatic have been completely protected by ensuring proper authorization of the Court. The reasonability of the rates is to be ensured by the Deputy Commissioner concerned.
Facilitation charges shall be paid to the aggregator @1% of the total transaction cost and in two instalments i.e. 0.5% at the time of completion of registration of deed and remaining 0.5% after sanctioning of mutation and delivery of possession.
To give incentive payment to aggregator who have made efforts towards aggregation of land and uploaded at least 70% of total indented land of the project to the tune of Rs. 1,000/- per acre to Rs. 3,000 per acre depending upon the rates of the land i.e. Rs. 3,000 per acre if land is offered at the Collector rates, Rs. 2,000 per acre if land is offered at not more than 20% above Collector rates and Rs. 1,000 per acre if land is offered at a still higher rates. Departments of Government of India and its entities can also proceed in this policy for purchase of land for its developmental projects.