Two-day workshop on land governance in north-eastern states to be held

GUWAHATI: The Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, in association with B N Yugandhar Centre for Rural Studies (BNYCRS) of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Government of India is organizing a Regional Workshop on “Land Governance in North-East States: Status and impact of policy reforms and Regional initiatives on customary and Indigenous laws in the VI Scheduled areas for the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura” on May 3 and May 4. The Autonomous District Council (ADC) being a special feature of these states, this regional workshop is expected to open up a platform for strengthening policy discussions for streamlining the process of modernization of land record management in the VIth scheduled areas.

The workshop will be inaugurated by Ajay Tirkey, Secretary of Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India and will see the participation of a high-level team of Senior Officers of this Ministry including the Additional Secretary H. S. Meena and Joint Secretary, Sonmoni Borah, Gyanendra Dev Tripathy, Principal Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management Dept. and senior officials from Revenue Land Records and Surveys from Government of Assam as well as from the respective State Governments and Autonomous District Councils of the region. The workshop is being organized in the campus of Assam Administrative Staff College, Government of Assam with active support of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Government of Assam and Assam Administrative Staff College, stated a press release.

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