Chhattisgarh government has allowed registry of plots of 5 decimal and less and has also reduced registry fee by 30%, bringing major relief to common people.
Between January 1 and September 30, 2019, total 71.682 thousand small plots have been registered in Chhattisgarh. From April to September 2019, registry of more than 1.20 lakh plots have been done, and as a result the state government collected Rs 605.90 crore as revenue.
Because of the ban of registry of small plots, middle class families were unable to purchase land plots or build house on their own land.
After State Government lifted the ban on registry of small plots, number of registry done in six months has crossed one lakh. Based on the online registry record, the number of registries done this year is 26% more than last year and revenue collection has also increased by 33% this year.
According to the records of Revenue Department, last year between April 2018 and September 2018, total 95.520 thousand people had got their documents registered and the government earned a revenue of Rs 454.98 crore as registration fees.
Maximum number of registry was done in Raipur and Bilaspur districts. Between April 2018 and September 2018, 15.391 thousand registries were done in Raipur district and 8680 in Bilaspur, whereas betwwen April 2019 and September 2019, 22.501 thousand people have done registry of their plots in Raipur district, which is 46% more compared to last year.
Likewise, this year 13.434 thousand people have got registry of their lands done in the same span of six months, which is 55% more than previous year.