India, Feb. 19 -- The Uttarakhand cabinet on Wednesday approved the revised land law with stricter provisions, including stopping sale of horticultural and agricultural land to outsiders (except for US Nagar and Haridwar districts). The cabinet also approved the filing of mandatory affidavit to buy land, restricting powers of district magistrates to give permission for land purchases and scrapping provisions implemented by the former state CM Trivendra Singh Rawat-led government in 2018.

The revised land law will be tabled in the ongoing budget session which will conclude on February 24.

The new revised land law was cleared in the cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami before the start of the assembly session on W...