Delhi Government announces a massive increase in the Circle Rate, First revision since make the Circle Rate between 2.25 – 5 Crores per acre from 53 Lakhs per acre

New Delhi:EROS TIMES: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced massive increase in the Circle Rate in Delhi, the first revision after 11 years since 2008 in a Press Conference held at the Delhi Secretariat on Wednesday in the presence of Kailash Gahlot, Revenue and Law Minister and Satyendar Jain, Minister of PWD and Urban Development. As per the newly approved rates, the circle rates in Delhi will now range between Rs. 2.25 Crores to Rs. 5 Crores per acre, depending upon the type of village and district in which the village falls in contrast to the existing rate Rs. 53 Lakhs per acre.

“There has been a long pending demand of farmers of Delhi for enhancement of circle rates of agriculture lands in Delhi as the same has not been revised since 2008 and the present circle rate of Rs. 53 Lakhs per acre for all categories of villages is much less than the prevailing market rates. Due to such difference in the circle rate and prevailing market rates, the farmers of Delhi were not getting their rightful dues at the time of acquisition of their lands for various schemes of Government and other projects. Factoring this demand, the Cabinet today approved the enhancement of Circle Rates for Agriculture Lands in rural, urban and green belt villages of Delhi”, said the Chief Minister.

The new circle rates for agriculture land are given below category wise.
District Proposed rates for Green Belt Villages (in Rs. Crore per acre) Proposed rates for Urbanized Villages (in Rs. Crore per acre) Proposed Rate for Rural Villages (in Rs. Crore per acre)
South 5.0 5.0 5.0
North 3.0 3.0 3.0
West 3.0 3.0 3.0
North-West 3.0 3.0 3.0
South-West 3.0 4.0 3.0
New Delhi 5.0 5.0 5.0
Central NA 2.5 2.5
South-East NA 4.0 2.5
Shahdara 2.25 2.25 2.25
North-East NA 2.25 2.25
East NA 2.25 2.25

“Immediately after we came to power in Delhi, a proposal to increase the Circle Rate had been made and sent to the Lieutenant Governor but was not approved by him. We will send the new cabinet decision in this regard to the Lieutenant Governor and find no reason for him to disapprove it. These enhanced rates – 5-10 fold, reflect the present-day market rates for different districts of Delhi and will go a long way in mitigating the distress faced by the farmers of Delhi who are adversely affected due to low prices offered to their acquired lands”, the Chief Minister added.