Archive · 19 Dec 2025
Assam Amends Land Ceiling Rules
The Assam State Cabinet made some important changes to the rules about how much land people can own.
Now, the leaders of each district can take extra land and give it to people who need it.
They also decided to give land to more than 300 families and to build a new factory for making fertilizers.
The Prime Minister of India will start the construction of this factory soon.
Assam Cabinet amended the Assam Fixation of Ceiling of Land Holding Rule, 1957.
District Commissioners empowered to acquire and transfer ceiling surplus land.
607 bighas of land allocated for a CRPF Group Centre in Dhemaji.
Land patta to be provided to more than 308 families across the state.
Land allocated for a new factory for the Assam Valley Fertiliser Corporation at Namrup, with the foundation stone to be laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 21.
- Who
- Assam State Cabinet
- What
- Amended land ceiling rules and approved land allocations
- When
- December 19, 2023
- Where
- Assam, India
- Why
- To acquire surplus land and allocate it to deserving beneficiaries, and for development projects
- Action Taken
- Amendment of the Assam Fixation of Ceiling of Land Holding Rule, 1957
- Empowered Authorities
- District Commissioners
- Land Allocation for CRPF
- 607 bighas in Dhemaji
- Beneficiaries of Land Patta
- More than 308 families
- New Factory Allocation
- Assam Valley Fertiliser Corporation (Ammonia-Urea project) at Namrup
- Foundation Stone Laying
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 21