Overview

• The cabinet approved amendments guaranteeing farmers an initial ₹50,000 per acre and a ₹1 lakh annual allowance upon land possession, with 10% yearly increases until development concludes.
• Letters of intent will be issued within 21 days of application and can be sold or used as collateral, with no restrictions on the sale or registration of pooled land.
• Farmers may continue cultivating until development begins and can choose from revised residential and commercial plot allocations, including provisions for pooling as little as one kanal.
• The government reinforced written-consent safeguards under the state Land Acquisition Act of 1995, assuring voluntary participation and no forcible acquisitions.
• Opposition parties and farmer bodies have intensified mobilization, planning district-level resolutions on July 28 and a statewide tractor march on July 30 demanding the scheme’s rollback.