Archive · 29 Jul 2026
Maharashtra Waives Rs 200 Fee on Family Agricultural Land Partition
The Maharashtra government has decided to stop charging a Rs 200 fee for dividing family agricultural land.
This change will make it easier and cheaper for farmers to split their land among family members.
The government is also making other changes to help farmers, like sending notices by email and making sure they get police protection if someone blocks their land or water streams.
These changes are part of a bigger plan to make land rules fairer and simpler for farmers.
Maharashtra has waived the Rs 200 registration fee for family agricultural land partition.
The decision aims to simplify the land partition process and provide financial relief to farming families.
The Revenue Department has introduced amendments to the Mamlatdars' Courts Act to expedite hearing processes.
Tehsildars can now order free police protection for farmers if encroachments are not cleared.
Powers to regularise land violations have been delegated to District Collectors and Divisional Commissioners.
- Who
- Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule and the Maharashtra Revenue Department
- What
- Waiver of Rs 200 registration fee on family agricultural land partition
- When
- Announced on Wednesday
- Where
- Maharashtra, India
- Why
- To simplify the land partition process and provide financial relief to farming families
Farmers and Landowners
Government and Revenue Department
Benefits of the Fee Waiver
Farmers and Landowners
Farmers and landowners benefit from reduced financial burden and simplified land partition process.
Government and Revenue Department
The government aims to streamline land governance and reduce procedural delays.
- Fee Waived
- Rs 200
- Affected Law
- Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966
- Beneficiaries
- Farming families and small farmers
- Key Amendment
- Section 14-A inserted into the Mamlatdars' Courts Act, 1906
- New Section
- Section 21 (5)
- Committee Leader
- Sheetal Teli-Ugale
- Delegated Powers
- District Collectors and Divisional Commissioners