No NOC required to gain farmland for industrial use

A no-objection certificate (NOC) from the state government will no longer be required for acquiring agricultural land for industrial development, revenue and agriculture minister Eknath Khadse said on November 17.

"As a part of the ambitious Make in Maharashtra plan, we have decided to amend the agriculture land rules, 1950, so no permission will be required for acquiring agricultural land for industrial development. The cabinet has approved the proposal and an ordinance will be promulgated to amend the law," Khadse said.

Elaborating on the new proposal, Khadse said it was found that huge tracts of agricultural land, particularly in the jurisdiction of municipal councils and corporations or urban bodies, were lying unutilized or have been reserved for non-agriculture purposes. Such lands will be allotted for industrial development.

"We found that owing to stringent rules, we were not able to utilize these lands for industrial development. Now we have simplified the procedure for using these lands for setting up industries," Khadse said.

Stating that an industrialist will not be required to knock at the doors of the industries development commissioner for securing his permission, Khadse said once the land is procured, the entrepreneur will have to utilize the land within five years. If he fails to utilize the land within the stipulated period, he would be eligible for a five-year extension, but in that event he will have to pay a cess of 2% of the total cost of land and will have to utilize the land within 10 years. If he fails to utilize the land within 10 years, the land will be returned to the original farmer."Earlier, once the land was acquired, it was to be utilized within 15 years from the date of procurement. We have reduced the period to five years," Khade said.

Khadse said as per the existing laws, a non-agriculturist is not eligible to buy agriculture land. However, for speedy industrial development of the state, the government had amended the rules to permit a non-farmer to procure farm land for industrial development.

"Besides the agriculture land rules, we will amend the regional and town planning act too, so agricultural land procurement for industrial development will be hassle-free," he said.


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