Government also notifies doubling of ceiling area for industrial and commercial undertakings
In a significant policy decision aimed at boosting industrial growth, the Tamil Nadu government has said that industrial units can now possess lands, irrespective of any violation of provisions of the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1961, by the seller/vendor in the transaction.
The State government also issued a notification that sought to double the ceiling area for an industrial or commercial undertaking, from 15 standard acres to 30 standard acres of dry land (punjai), giving effect to an amended legislation adopted in the Assembly in July 2018.
A senior bureaucrat said: “With this decision, one can hold up to 120 acres of dry land [the highest conversion of a standard acre being equivalent to four acres] without permission. It is 60 acres in case of…