Scheme Name: New Land Use Policy (NLUP) - Land Allotment

State: Mizoram

Description of the Scheme: Develop and give all farmers suitable, permanent and stable trades. Give all village farmers self-sufficiency in rice, vegetables, etc., and give them help in money with necessary guidance.
The aims and objectives are:
1. Put an end to wasteful shifting cultivation.
2. Ensure that all farmers had a land of their own so that they can each pursue a permanent means of livelihood under agriculture (and allied sectors), industry or animal husbandry sector.
3. Develop all suitable land for wet rice cultivation to attain self-sufficiency in rice and vegetables.
4. Re-afforest the land save those allocated to NLUP beneficiaries so as to regenerate ecosystem. This will help stabilise the climatic changes wrought by global warming, rejuvenate flora and fauna and make better place to live in.
5. Set up marketing infrastructure so that successful farmers and beneficiaries under NLUP can have a viable commercial outlet for their products.

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Sector of the Scheme:

Eligibility Criteria:

Nature & Mode of Assistance: Systematic allotment of plots of land be made, which will ensure justice, to the landless jhum cultivator in all villages.
In addition, keeping a large area covered by dense forest so as to create a good environment for the future generations.
Assistance will be in cash or in kind.
Vikas Patrika must be issued to each beneficiary, this book can be checked by any NLUP officers and staff.
Grants will be released in installments depending on the progress of works made by the beneficiaries.

"Financial Information (Subsidy, low interest rate, etc.)":

"Other Assistance (Procurement of machinery, Technology /Marketing, International Cooperation, etc.)":

How to apply: Local Panchayat/Office of Department of Industries (DIC)

Whom to Contact: Gram Pradhan/Industry Extension Officer of DIC