Chandigarh, December 28: Taking a dig at the Leader of Opposition for making the wrong statement about the state government having high debt, Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that the statement of the Leader of Opposition was beyond facts. Citing the 2021-22 report of the CAG, the Leader of Opposition said that the state has a debt of more than Rs 4,15,000 crore; while in reality the amount of debt on Haryana in 2021-22 has been shown at Rs 2,39,000 crore in the CAG report. A debt of Rs 2, 27,697 crores is recorded in the account books of the Haryana government. If the difference of this amount is also taken out, then only a difference of Rs 12,000 crore is visible; but the state does not have a debt of Rs 4,15,000 crore in any respect.
The Chief Minister said that the state's debt position should always be disclosed correctly and the facts placed before the House should be correct. The Chief Minister, who also holds the portfolio of the Finance department, apprised the House that the state's economic condition was better than other states. During the Covid period, the central government has fixed the loan limit to 4 percent, while the Haryana government has managed to maintain this limit up to 2.99 percent. As per the norms of the central government during the Covid period, we could have taken Rs 40,661 crore, while we took a loan of Rs 30,000 crore. While a loan of Rs 40,870 crore could have been taken during 2021-22, we have taken only Rs 30,500 crore, he said.
Responding to the issue raised by Pataudi MLA, Sh. Satya Prakash Jaravata during the declaration session of No Litigation Policy-2022, the Chief Minister while making the announcement said that No Litigation Policy-2022 has been formulated in view of the delay in land acquisition due to dissatisfaction over the acquisition of about 1810 acres of land for the development of Industrial Model Township in Kasan, Kukrola and Sehrawan villages of Manesar tehsil.
Special acquisition proceedings have been adopted to ensure the proper rehabilitation of displaced landowners. The objective of this policy is to ensure rapid development with the voluntary participation of landowners. For this, the landowners who choose not to challenge the acquisition of their land and accept the approved amount of compensation will be adequately compensated. Under the policy, landowners will be eligible to choose the option of allotting a developed residential or developed industrial plot of a total of 1000 square meters for every one acre of land acquired, he said.
Sh. Manohar Lal said that in the case pertaining to land acquisition in the year 2010, the Supreme Court decided that the compensation should be given according to the rate of that time; which works out to 92 lakhs per acre. But the collector rate is high in Gurugram and the compensation is being given after many years; so it was felt that they should get a little more amount. Thus, the above new policy has been made. Under this, Rs 2.67 crore will now be given to the land owners. The rate of allotment of these developed plots will be equal to the reserve price fixed at the time of the first flotation i.e. Rs 17,550 per square metre. Allotment of developed plots will be done in multiples of standard size only. The standard size for developed residential plots will be 100 square metres and 150 square metres and the standard size for developed industrial plots will be 450 square metres.
The Chief Minister said that in the case where the entitlement of developed plots exceeds an integer multiple of the standard size of the developed plot; monetary benefit would be provided on the buy-back value by deducting the developed plot from the area allotted for the eligible area. In cases where the eligibility of the developed plot is less than the standard size of the developed plot or an integer multiple of such plots but within the limit of 10 percent; the landowner may purchase the additional area over and above the eligible area at the buy-back price determined at the time of the first floatation.
He said that the nodal agency HSIIDC will issue the land title certificate based on the allotment share of the land owner within a period of three months from the last date of submission of the application for availing the benefits under this policy. The Land Rights Certificates can be traded, bought and sold and allotment of the developed land will be done on the basis of land rights certificates obtained at the time of allotment of plots. The allotment of developed plots to the land rights certificate holders will be done only when basic infrastructure facilities are made available in relation to the site. Till then there will be no need to make any payment in lieu of the eligibility of the developed plot.
The Chief Minister said that the landowner would also be entitled to avail the option of additional basic maintenance in the form of an annuity of Rs 21,000 per acre per annum for a period of 33 years; in addition to the land compensation award. There will be a fixed increase of Rs 750 every year in the annuity of Rs 21,000. At the request of the land owner/land rights certificate holder, the nodal agency will buy back the valid land rights certificates at fixed rates by reducing the allotment price of Rs 17.550 per square metre.