Media Coverage | 11-06-2025
Revenue dept takes several decisions to empower people, reveals Bawankule
To undo the injustice meted out to the slums and backward localities due to zone-wise determination of ready reckoner (RR) rates, the revenue department has now decided to undertake micro-zoning to determine the same in the cities. The move aims to bridge the gap in RR rates for properties and lands in developed and underdeveloped areas within same zone.
This information was shared by Maharashtra revenue minister and BJP State president Chandrashekhar Bawankule during a conversation with the Lokmat Times. Bawankule recently called on chairman of editorial board of Lokmat Media Group and former member of Rajya Sabha Dr Vijay Darda. During the discussion, he gave details of various decisions taken by the revenue department. Yavatmal MLA Balasaheb Mangulkar was also present.
A special survey to determine the RR rates is currently underway across the State, with special emphasis on the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
Under the existing zoning system, small houses, slums and chawls located next to posh buildings in developed areas are subjected to the same higher RR rates as the posh buildings. To address this, GIS-based micro-zoning will be done to define new value zones and revised RR rates will be determined, said Bawankule.
The revenue machinery is working to determine separate rates for slums, chawls, industrial areas, commercial areas and those under redevelopment. This move will help rectify the injustice to underdeveloped localities within developed zones, said Bawankule.
Additionally, land acquisition processes will be made online through a portal, and zone-wise and plot-wise RR rates will be available in PDF format, he added.
100-day action plan: Major contribution from revenue dept
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis launched a ‘100-Day Seven-Point Action Plan’ in which the revenue department played a key role. Under the initiative of Bawankule, the foundation for strengthening the revenue machinery was laid, and several policy decisions were taken within this period. A roadmap was prepared to empower the administrative system.
Key revolutionary decisions
* Micro-zoning to determine RR rates to do away with the injustice meted out to the backward localities.
* Announcement of State Sand Policy 2025: Sand depot system scrapped, sand to be sold through auctions, 10% sand reserved for housing projects.
* Launch of ‘Faceless Registration’ and ‘One State, One Registration’: Property registration at any sub-registrar office in the state.
* Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj revenue grievance redressal campaign.
* Special amnesty scheme and policy to regularise leases for displaced Sindhi families.
* Relief to farmers through ‘Live 7/12’ campaign: Heir records updated for 5 lakh deceased landholders.
* Policy to make mandatory use of M-sand (manufactured sand).
* Free police support to remove encroachments on farm and access roads.
* Farm roads to be recorded in the 7/12 land extract.
* Prevention of fake birth-death certificates; amendments to Registration of Births and Deaths Act.
* Use of drones for mine inspections.
* Now, e-stamp certificates can be obtained from home.
* Free silt, soil and murum will be provided.
* No royalty on sand for housing construction.
* Stamp duty exemption for educational certificates; Rs.500 stamp requirement scrapped for students.
* Extension of Salokha Scheme: Permanent resolution of agricultural land disputes.
* Formation of state-level committee for ‘My Land, My Right’ campaign.
* Appointment of 80 additional district collectors in Maharashtra for decentralisation.
* State government approves ‘NAKSHA’ programme for urban mapping.
Maharashtra revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule interacting with chairman of editorial board of Lokmat Media Group and former Rajya Sabha member Dr Vijay Darda. Yavatmal MLA Balasaheb Mangulkar is also seen.
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