CONFIRMATION OF OWNERSHIP RIGHTS TO TENANTS

Legislative provisions have been made in many areas of the country for conferment of ownership rights on tenants or allowing cultivating tenants to acquire ownership rights on payment of compensation. Some of the States have acquired ownership of land from landowners and transferred it to tenants. Sub-tenancies are generally prohibited all over the country except in certain cases, viz., widows, members of Armed Forces, minors, unmarried women, persons suffering from disabilities etc.

As per information received from States, 125.86 lakh tenants have got their rights protected over an area of 167.14 lakh acres.