The General Administration Department received land premium of Rs 49,24,82,938 for allotment of land to different individuals, nursing homes, hostels, industrial and corporate houses in the last 10 years.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said this in the State Assembly in response to a question of BJD MlA Ranendra Pratap Swain on Monday.
The Chief Minister said the collected land premium has been deposited the UCO Bank, Secretariat Branh, Bhubanesear.
To a related question of Congress MlA Tara Prasad Bahinipati, the Chief Minister said the GA Depart has allotted a total of 184.751 acres of land to various organisation since 2014. Of these, no land has been allotted for construction of any school, college and houses and business establishment, he said.