Guwahati, June 30 -- Recently, the Office of the Secretary, Land Governance Commission of the Government of Assam, issued a public notice inviting opinions and suggestions on matters related to land governance. The notification states that, in light of evolving land governance in Assam, the Government of Assam has constituted a Land Governance Committee under the chairmanship of Hon'ble (Retd.) Justice Prashanta Kumar Deka to prepare a draft of a new Land Bill.

The notice asserts that a new Bill is imperative due to proposed changes in several key areas:

The committee has been constituted with the following objectives for the draft Land Bill:

To repeal or amend the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886, and other non-dynamic land gov...