Government lands to permit holders, land owners under Urumaya Programme

Cabinet Spokesman Mass Media Minister Dr.Bandula Gunawardhana yesterday said the “Urumaya Programme” to give the absolute right to Government lands to land permit holders and land owners will be implemented.

He stated this at the press conference held at the Government Information Department yesterday (12) to announce the Cabinet decisions.

The public including farmer communities who have been granted with land permits and grants under the Lands Development Ordinance has confronted various difficulties when utilizing the granted lands for human and development requirements due to non-availability of sole rights to the lands enjoyed or developed by them.

Therefore, in order to minimise issues, President Ranil Wickremesinghe proposed at his Budget Speech 2024 to take necessary precautions within the existing legal framework to grant the sole rights to the public including the farmer community and to initiate and implement a programme named “Urumaya Programme” at the beginning of 2024 to enable completion of the said programme within couple of years of its inauguration. The programme is planned to be implemented under three stages and is expected to transfer the sole rights of residential and farmer lands to two million families.

Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the proposal forwarded by the Minister of Tourism and Lands to issue a grant with sole ownership under Section 2 of the State Lands Ordinance in relation to the plots of lands to which permits and grants have been issued under the Land Development Ordinance following the relevant steps.

This programme is expected to be implemented in three phases, thereby providing absolute rights to residential and agricultural land to 23 lakh families.

The Cabinet has approved the proposal presented by the Tourism and Lands Minister to issue a grant deed with absolute title under Section 2 of the Land Development Ordinance.

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