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The Department of Revenue and Land Survey is a government department under Government of Kerala that manages all government owned lands and decides land use policies in the Indian state of Kerala. The department is also a government agency, deriving various taxes on land, as well as lease amounts from various government lands, which are ...
The legislature passed subsequent land reform bills in 1960, 1963, and 1964. But the historical land reform act, Kerala Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1969 by C. Achutha Menon government which put an end to the feudal system and ensured the rights of the tenants on land, came into force on 1 January 1970. However, cash crop plantations had been ...
In India states earn revenue through own taxes, central taxes, non-taxes and central grants. [1] For most states, own taxes form the largest part of the total state revenue. [1] Taxes as per the state list includes land revenue, taxes on agricultural income, electricity duty, luxury tax, entertainment tax and stamp duty. [2]
The Kerala State Land Bank (KSLB) [1] is an initiative of the Government of Kerala, India providing professional and transparent governance of lands in the public domain. This project, which commenced during the 2008-09 plan period, has been exclusively funded by the State Planning Board.
In Kerala, the administrative divisions below the district are called taluks. There are 78 taluks with 1670 villages (including group villages). [1] [2] For revenue administration, a district subdivided into revenue divisions, each comprising multiple taluks within its jurisdiction. A taluk contain several revenue villages under its
In land reform in Kerala, the only other large state where the CPI(M) came to power, state administrations have actually carried out the most extensive land, tenancy and agrarian labour wage reforms in the non-socialist late-industrialising world. [9] Another successful land reform program was launched in Jammu and Kashmir after 1947.
A revenue division is positioned below the district and encompasses several taluks within its administrative purview. Each revenue division is headed by a Revenue Divisional Officer or a Sub Collector, who is also the Sub-divisional magistrate and assisted by Senior Superintendent among others. [1] Administrative map of Kerala
He/She is assisted by five deputy collectors with responsibility for general matters, land acquisition, revenue recovery, land reforms, disaster management and elections. [46] For revenue administration, the district is divided into two revenue divisions: Thiruvananthapuram and Nedumangad, each headed by a Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) or ...