Online Desk:  Land Minister Narayon Chandra Chanda has directed land officers to identify areas for increasing revenue collection in the land sector.

He said this while addressing a workshop on “Implementation of Corruption-free Smart Land Management” organised by the Land Reform Board at the conference room of the Rangpur Divisional Commissioner’s office in Rangpur on Monday.

The land minister also emphasised that the e-mutation fee should vary according to land type, such as fallow or uncultivable land, fertile agricultural land, residential, luxurious, industrial, or commercial areas of the city. He also directed officials to examine the legal aspects of land usage and value-based e-mutation fee. He noted that revenue collection in the land sector has significantly increased due to the digitization of the land development tax and mutation system.

The land minister instructed officials to identify khas land, canal-beels, and water mahals across the country and upload their complete information to the land data bank. He stressed the importance of taking measures to recover illegally occupied Khas land and to re-excavate filled canals.

Additionally, the land minister urged citizens to engage in development communication and publicity activities at the local level to raise awareness about land issues.

Chairman of the Land Reform Board Md Abdus Sabur Mondal was present as the keynote speaker.

Rangpur Divisional Commissioner Md Zakir Hossain presided over the workshop, with Additional Secretary (Development) of the Ministry of Land, Ziauddin Ahmed, as a special guest.