Odisha to come up with single revenue code

Odisha to come up with single revenue code

News:

1. Odisha government planning to bring single revenue code.

Important facts:

2. Existing law governing land and revenue are unable to meet the requirement.

3. There is no provision for settlement in case of encroachment if it is more than 30 years.

4. A committee to frame code consist of member of board of revenue as a chairmen and 12 other members.

5. Currently, there are 299 sections present divided into 7 acts, while the new code will have 107 sections.

6. The bill will be enacted by merging:

• Odisha Survey and Settlement Act1958
• The Odisha Special Survey and the Settlement Act 2012
• The Odisha Government Land Settlement Act, 1962T
• The Odisha Prevention of Land Encroachment Act, 1972
• The Odisha Land Reforms Act, 1960
• The Odisha Consolidation of Holdings and Prevention of Fragmentation of Land Act 1972
• The Odisha Estates Abolition Act, 1951.

7. The bill has invited suggestions and objection from all section before it take final shape.