Archive · 30 Dec 2025
Punjab Cabinet Approves Land Revenue Law Amendments
The Punjab Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, made several important decisions to make life easier for the people of Punjab.
They decided to upgrade Banur to a tehsil and create a new sub-tehsil in Hariana.
They also changed some old laws about land to make things fairer and easier.
Now, people can do more things online, like dividing family land or getting copies of land records.
The Cabinet also decided to help special teachers by letting them stay in their jobs without any extra cost to the government.
All these changes are meant to make it simpler and faster for people to get the services they need from the government.
Punjab Cabinet approved administrative reforms to ease citizen interactions with the government.
Banur upgraded to a tehsil in Mohali district, and Hariana created as a new sub-tehsil in Hoshiarpur.
Amendments to the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, to modernize land revenue laws through digital records.
One-time relaxation in the upper age limit for contractual Special Teacher Educators under Samagra Shiksha for regularization.
Launch of e-services portal for online land-related procedures, including Khangi Taqseem (family partition).
- Who
- Punjab Cabinet, presided by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann
- What
- Approved administrative and governance reforms, including land revenue law amendments and creation of new tehsil and sub-tehsil
- When
- Monday (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- Chandigarh, Punjab
- Why
- To ease citizens' interactions with the government, reduce litigation, and improve service delivery
- Chief Minister
- Bhagwant Mann
- New Tehsil
- Banur (Mohali district)
- New Sub-Tehsil
- Hariana (Hoshiarpur)
- Land Revenue Act
- Amended to modernize and digitize records
- Special Teacher Educators
- One-time age limit relaxation for regularization
- e-Services Portal
- Launched for online land-related procedures