Roshni Act a revolutionary scheme: Azad

Jammu, Feb 22 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said the revolutionary Roshni Act passed under the Congress-Led government had far-reaching effects and it had gone beyond the expectations of the people, particularly farmers.

Free ownership rights of 16.60 lakh kanals of state land costing Rs 20,000 crore were being given to poor farmers with a definite goal to achieve self-sufficiency in agriculture production, Mr Azad while addressing district and block presidents of Congress party of Jammu province here.

The Chief Minister said the present government had even surpassed all previous acts taken in the history of agriculture reforms. He said, at the same time, the government through the same Roshni Act will be able to retrieve huge amounts from those who have illegally encroached on various parts of Jammu and Srinagar cities and were using the land for commercial and non-agricultural purposes.

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