Salami rate concessions for educational, religious entities under consideration: Land secretary

A special concession on salami (rent) rates is being considered for educational and religious institutions established on leased government properties under the Vested Property Return Act.

Land Secretary Md Khalilur Rahman said this while presiding over a workshop on ‘Allotment of uniform Khatian (Record of Rights/ROR) number into government property’ at the Ministry of Land at the Secretariat on Sunday.

The workshop was attended by Land Appeal Board Chairman Muhammad Ibrahim, Land Reforms Board Chairman Md Abdus Sabur Mandal, Director General of Land Records and Survey Department Anis Mahmud, among others.

The workshop was attended by Land Appeal Board Chairman Muhammad Ibrahim, Land Reforms Board Chairman Md Abdus Sabur Mandal, and Director General of the Land Records and Survey Department Anis Mahmud, among others.

The land secretary further stated that under the direction of Land Minister Narayan Chandra Chanda, the Ministry of Land is working with multifaceted goals.

One of the goals is to establish the land sector as an important efficient sector of revenue collection of the government. At the same time, ensuring the benefits of smart land management for the people of the marginalized and underprivileged areas of the country is also the priority. These initiatives will bring qualitative changes to the land sector, which will also play an important role in the overall economic development of the country, he said.

A plan has been adopted to register the vested properties listed in Schedule ‘Ka’ under a unified new ROR across the country for proper management. Additionally, a decision to reassess the rent rates for temporary leases of vested properties was taken. Reassessing the rent rates after a certain period is a regular activity. This time, for the first time, special concession rates are being considered for educational and religious institutions, according to a media statement of the land ministry.

To alleviate public sufferings related to vested properties, under the direction of the Land Minister Narayon Chandra Chanda, the Ministry of Land has already issued two important circulars.

According to one of these circulars, if a plot listed in the Record of Rights consists of both vested property and privately owned land, the portion designated as privately owned will undergo mutation, and regular land development tax will be collected accordingly.

According to another circular issued at the same time, for cancelled scheduled ‘Kha’ properties whose ownership has been proven in favour of the applicant through court decisions or with valid proofs and documents, the ownership of those properties will be transferred in favour of the applicant by correcting the Record of Rights of those properties. Additionally, measures will be taken to accrue cancelled scheduled ‘Kha’ properties for which no claimant to ownership exists under ‘Khas’.

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