Bhoo Kanoon (Land Law Amendment Bill) - Uttarakhand

February 2025

draft law banning non-residents from buying agricultural and horticultural land in 11 of the state’s 13 districts. It has also capped the size of land for residential purposes at 250 square metres per family, a family has been defined under the UPZALR (UP Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms) Act

under the new land law, people from outside the state will not be able to buy horticultural and agricultural land in the state capital, Dehradun, as well as in Pauri Garhwal, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Nainital, Pithoragarh, Champawat, Almora and Bageshwar districts, except Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar

All the provisions implemented in 2018 by the government of former Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat have been abolished in the new law. A total ban has been placed on purchase of land by outsiders

previously anyone from the country could purchase around 12.5 acres of agricultural land across Uttarakhand, with a provision for an increase in special cases. Special permission was required for industrial and other commercial purposes. There were no restrictions on residential land purchases in all areas of the state and no cap on land size

The government is coming up with a portal for land purchases in the state as the entire process will go totally digital. The portal will track even a single inch of land purchased by people from outside the state.

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