Fourth meeting organized on drafting bill to amend Farmland Law

October 11, 2020

 

The fourth coordination meeting to draft bill for the Law Amending for Farmland Law (2020) was held at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation yesterday.

The meeting was attended by Union Minister Dr Aung Thu, Permanent Secretary U Kyaw Min Oo, Deputy Permanent Secretary U Myo Tint Tun, Directors-General, Deputy Directors-General and directors of related departments.

During the fourth session to draft bill for the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No 2, the Law Amending for Farmland Law (2020) which was signed by the President on 14 February 2020, the officials of the Department of Agriculture Land Management, Department of Agriculture and Agricultural Mechanization Department and other related departments respectively proposed the points that should be added in the bill. The Union Minister and other officials discussed in details in accordance with section and sub-section regarding land-use rights for nomadic hill farming sector. –MNA

(Translated by Khine Thazin Han)