20 Jan
The Central Administrative Body of Farmland organized its 36th coordination meeting in accordance with the COVID-19 health rules yesterday.
During the meeting, Union Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation Dr Aung Thu, in his capacity as Chairperson of the central body discussed the applications for land use in accordance with the farmland law and rules and work plans to scrutinize the applicants by regions/states and Nay Pyi Taw land administrative bodies without any delays.
The Union Minister also highlighted the 2012 Farmland Law Amendment, the draft of rules which conform to the Farmland Law, effective actions on preventing land use before granting land use permission in accordance with the existing Farmland Law and Rules and preparations to support the new government.
The meeting also discussed compensations, proposal to collect stipulated fines from farmland users before granting land use permission in accordance with Farmland Law Section 19, application for department-owned land, application for the use of vacant, fallow and virgin lands and land disputes being solved by regions/states and Nay Pyi Taw land administrative bodies.
MNA (Translated by Khine Thazin Han)
