The government will now enact laws to give Uttarakhand women the right to land. The state government is preparing to bring a bill related to it in this assembly session.
The ordinance was passed by the government at a cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, an official privy to the matter said on condition of anonymity.
The decision to give women the right to bhumadhari was made shortly before the UK government in the cabinet. The government believes that about 37 lakh women will benefit from this. How will this happen, how will women be made accountable, a committee was formed under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary to find answers to all these questions. Now the government has decided that it will be better to give the matter a shape of the law.
The matter started with the announcement of the Chief Minister at a function in April. According to the Chief Minister, the number of men decreased mainly due to migration in the mountainous districts. Since land is in the name of men, women are unable to get bank loans. In view of this situation, the idea is to make women co-operatives.
The proposal to make women co-accountants or to give them ownership of land was passed in a meeting held in November. In view of the complexity of the case, the cabinet formed a committee under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary to include Secretary Revenue and Justice. The committee has also held a meeting once on this matter.
