Uttarakhand

• 17 Sep 2022

New Revenue Code will be Implemented in Uttarakhand

Why In News?

• On September 16, 2022, Uttarakhand Revenue Council Commissioner and Secretary Chandresh Kumar Yadav said that the new Revenue Code will be implemented in Uttarakhand. The Revenue Council has prepared its draft and submitted it to the government.

Key Points

• It will now be considered in the meeting of the Law Committee constituted under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary. It will then be sent to the cabinet. Once passed by the cabinet, it will go to the Assembly. From where it will become a law after passing.
• Uttarakhand (Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Destruction and Land System Act) 1950 and Land Revenue Act are currently in force in the state. Apart from this, some other Acts are also in vogue. All these Acts are held from Uttar Pradesh.
• From time to time, some sub-sections were added to these Acts, but the state could not fully form its own revenue code, while Uttar Pradesh abolished them and implemented its revenue code in the year 2013. Now its revenue code will be prepared by merging all the acts applicable in the state.