Farmers to regain privilege rights over kumki land
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Wooing farmers forward of the approaching elections to gram panchayats, BJP State president Nalin Kumar Kateel mentioned on Saturday that the State authorities has determined to grant privilege rights to farmers over kumki land within the State.
Addressing the gram swarajya conference of the celebration at B.C. Road, the DK MP mentioned elected representatives of the celebration are dedicated to defending the pursuits of farmers. MLAs and MLCs of the coastal belt had met in Bengaluru to focus on the elements of granting kumki rights to farmers earlier than the federal government’s determination.
The kumki, kana and bane lands are those adjoining to the farmland owned by farmers who had the proper to use fodder, wooden, and forest produce grown or out there there. The proper had been conferred within the pre-Independence period. Later, the whole rights of farmers over that land was withdrawn.
In August 2019 the BJP MLAs from the coastal belt had appealed to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa to take mandatory steps to grant farmers their ‘privilege rights’ over kumki, kana and bane lands in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kodagu districts. The MLAs had mentioned that the State authorities led by Jagadish Shettar in 2013 had issued a draft to amend Land Revenue Rules to grant ‘privilege rights’ to farmers. Later, the federal government had invited objections to the identical. Since then, the matter has been pending earlier than the federal government.
Speaking on the conference on B.C. Road Mr. Kateel mentioned that the federal government has additionally taken a call to grant cashew lease rights to farmers within the coastal belt. He mentioned the federal government would announce a separate sand extraction coverage relevant to the coastal belt. With this, sand shall be made out there to individuals within the jurisdiction of all GPs within the belt.
Mr. Kateel mentioned that the federal government has taken a call to grant 25 homes to poor within the jurisdiction of every gram panchayat.
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