UP Govt Agrees To Give Ownership Rights To Lakhs Of Lease Holder Farmers

04 July, Lucknow

In a major policy decision, the Uttar Pradesh Government has, in-principle, agreed to give ownership rights to lakhs of small farmers known as ‘aasami pattedar’ or lease holders. This was one of the several recommendations made by a Revenue committee which was set up by the government in 2012.

The committee submitted its report at a meeting which was attended by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Revenue Minister Shivpal Yadav.

‘Asaami pattedars’ are those farmers who were given lease of agriculture land by the zamindars before the Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act 1951.

Some of the gram panchayats also gave them the land for agriculture on lease basis but they had no ownership rights.

The present proposal will give them the ownership right as most of them are totally landless.

All such small land holders, who were given the lease before the year 2000, would be given the ownership right that would remain non-transferable for the next 10 years.