An amount of Rs 24 crore is theoutstanding rent that is to be paid for the defence land in the State,MoS for Defence Shripad Naik says.

Over 56,000 acres of land in Jammu and Kashmir is withdifferent defence departments, wings and organisations, and the total rent paidfor it to land owners or the State government in the last three years is morethan ₹134 crore, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik, in his writtenreply to a question in Lok Sabha, gave details of district-wise total land inJammu and Kashmir with the different defence departments, wings andorganisations.

He said the land with different defence departments, wingsand organisations is 18935.474 acres in Jammu, 3757.845 acres in Srinagar,2326.644 acres in Budgam, 2152.83 acres in Anantnag, 3963.03 acres in Udhampur,and 3529.871 acres in Kargil.

Mr. Naik also gave details of the land with the defencedepartments, wings and organisations in other districts of the State with thetotal of such land being 56,615.54 acres. The minister also gave details ofdistrict-wise rent paid in the last three years to land owners or the Stategovernment for defence lands.

According to the data given by him, ₹134cr waspaid as rent in the last three years. An amount of ₹24cr is the outstandingrent that is to be paid for the defence land in the State, Mr. Naiksaid.