The government Saturday said that there was no proposal under consideration in the Revenue Department regarding relaxation in the Change of Land Use (CLU) norms.
This was revealed by Minister Javed Ahmed Rana in response to a question raised by legislator Surjit Singh Salathia in the Legislative Assembly.
The minister was replying on behalf of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
The minister said that the government does not intend to grant any relaxation in respect of change of land use at present.
He said there was no proposal to exempt rural areas from the existing provisions related to CLU.
The government also said that there was no proposal under consideration to reduce the prescribed fees or to ease the prescribed formalities in respect of change of land use.
It was responding to the questions by legislators Vikram Randhawa, Rajiv Jasrotia, and R S Pathania.
