Andhra Pradesh: Cabinet nod for proposal to repeal Land Titling Act

VIJAYAWADA

: The state cabinet on Tuesday gave assent to the proposal to

repeal

the

Land Titling Act

- 2022 brought in by the previous YSRC govt.
It was one of the major promises made by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu before the elections and one of the first files he signed soon after assuming the office.
The cabinet meeting held ahead of the assembly session also approved the 'free sand' policy.

The GO issued earlier was ratified by the cabinet and resolved to bring detailed guidelines very soon. While the free sand policy is already in force, the sand mining will begin only after issuance of guidelines.

The agreements made with the private companies for mining and collection of seigniorage fee have been cancelled.
The cabinet gave its assent to Andhra Pradesh Civil Supplies Corporation to take Rs 2,000 crore loan from commercial banks with state govt guarantee. The amount will be used to clear the pending bills payable to the farmers.

'System to study problems of tenant farmers soon'
The minister for housing and I&PR, K Pardasarathi, said that the YSRCP govt has left Rs 1,600 crore dues payable to farmers against the procurement of farm produce. "We have already released Rs 1,000 crore to pay the farmers and the rest will also be cleared soon," he said.

The cabinet also approved the proposal to raise another Rs 3200 crore by the Mark fed for working capital assistance to purchase the farm pro- duce in 2024-25 season. Parda sarathi said that the procurement system is completely flawed, and a farmer friendly system will be put in place. The cabinet also discussed to bring in a system to address the problems of tenant farmers soon. A committee will be formed to study various policies being implemented in other states to help tenant farmers. For the implementation of free sand policy, district level committees will be formed at district level, said Pardasarathi.
He said that the Land Tit- ling Act brought in by the YSRCP govt is not on the lines of the draft proposed by Niti Ayog. He further added that the small and marginal farmers are worried of losing their lands because of this legislation.