Assam Government Launches Mission Basundhara 3.0 for Land Patta Distribution

Key facts

• Chief Minister (CM) Himanta Biswa Sarma launched Mission Basundhara 3.0 at Deuri Beel in Dhemaji to provide land titles to indigenous landless families.
• A total of 1,06,905 beneficiaries across Assam received land pattas during the launch, with 44,700 individuals belonging to the Dhemaji district.
• In Dhemaji, land titles were distributed to 14,319 beneficiaries from Dhemaji constituency, 10,744 from Sissiborgaon, and 19,637 from Jonai.
• Land pattas were granted to 13,637 educational institutions, 8,406 religious institutions, and 2,213 clubs and cultural organisations across the state.
• Land settlement was initiated in 769 previously un-surveyed (NC) villages where surveys were completed under the Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas (SVAMITVA) scheme.
• Forest land rights were granted to 538 individuals in the Subansiri and Jiadhal Reserved Forests under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006.
• The government fixed a nominal premium of ₹500 per bigha for granting land titles to poor families.
• The CM inaugurated a newly constructed Integrated District Commissioner (DC) Office in Dhemaji, involving a financial outlay of ₹49 crore.
• Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi is scheduled to formally launch the distribution of land pattas to tea garden workers on 13 March.
• Urban land holding regulations in Dhemaji were revised to allow individuals to hold up to three bighas within the designated town area, up from the previous limit of one and a half kathas.
• Land rights were granted to Ahom, Chutia, and other communities residing in Tribal Belts and Blocks in areas such as Dhemaji and Dhakuakhana.
• Mission Basundhara 4.0 and 5.0 will address land reclassification and the granting of land titles to eligible non-tribal residents of forest villages.
• The state government has cleared 1.5 lakh bighas of encroached land over the past five years and aims to free another 5 lakh bighas in the future.