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State guide
Gujarat
Farmer-status rule, tenure and NA permission, the fragmentation limit, Disturbed Areas Act checks, groundwater and what is reported on jantri and stamp duty.
34
Districts
196,244 sq km
Area
60.4 million
Population (Census 2011)
54.21%
Groundwater extraction (2024)
State land record — Gujarat
Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk
Regions (informal)
North Gujarat, Central Gujarat, South Gujarat, Saurashtra and Kutch; a common grouping, not an administrative division
Total districts
34 (Vav-Tharad, announced as the 34th on 1 January 2025, AIR News, January 2025)
State area
196,244 sq km (Forest Survey of India, 2019)
Groundwater extraction
54.21% of recharge, 2024 (CGWB, December 2024)
Land records
7/12 extract through the Revenue Department’s AnyROR portal (portal page not opened for this review)
Governing acts
Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act 1948 · Gujarat Land Revenue Code 1879 · Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act 1960 · Fragmentation Act 1947 · Disturbed Areas Act 1991
Stamp duty (conveyance)
4.9% (CAG audit, 2017-18); registration fee rate not found
Jantri (guideline value)
Doubled from 15 April 2023, as reported (DeshGujarat, February 2023)
Gujarat — land purchase legal rules
Agricultural land in Gujarat can generally be bought only by an agriculturist, and farmer status is checked before a sale entry is certified. The other main checks are tenure (old or new), NA permission, the fragmentation limit and whether the area is notified under the Disturbed Areas Act.
Who can buy agricultural land? Section 63 of the Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 is headed “Transfers to non-agriculturist barred”, and section 2(2) defines an agriculturist as a person who cultivates land personally. A commentary on the Supreme Court appeal Vinodchandra Sakarlal Kapadia v State of Gujarat (Civil Appeal 2573 of 2020) reports that the Gujarat High Court read section 63 to bar a transfer by an agriculturist to a non-agriculturist without the Collector’s permission, including by will (Mondaq, April 2021). Farmer status is checked from revenue records back to a cut-off of 6 April 1995, under Revenue Department circulars of 13 September 2024, and a self-declaration form goes with a sale entry or an NA application (SCC Online, September 2024). We read section 63 through these summaries, not its full text; confirm with a Gujarat revenue lawyer.
Will non-farmers be allowed to buy? A committee chaired by C. L. Meena studied the tenancy laws and its suggestions on non-farmer purchase were being assessed in November 2024, with no decision announced (Gujarat Samachar, November 2024; Gujarat Samachar, November 2024). We found no enacted change by October 2026, so the section 63 rule above is the one to plan on.
Ceiling limits: the Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, 1960 (Gujarat Act 27 of 1961, amendments compiled by PRS Legislative Research) bars a person from holding land above the ceiling area. Land of a spouse and minor children is grouped with the holder, a family of more than five may hold one-fifth of the ceiling area for each extra member up to twice the ceiling, and each major son counts as a separate person; in desert, hill and drought-prone areas the dry-crop ceiling is raised by 12.5% but cannot pass 21.85 hectares (54 acres). These points come from a legal-database copy of the Act that we do not link, because the India Code page did not open here; the class-wise acreage in Schedule I was not in the text we read, so we show no per-class figure.
Tenure, premium and NA permission: section 43 of the Tenancy Act is headed “Restriction on transfers of land purchased or sold under this Act”, which is the basis of what the press calls new tenure land, and the Collector’s office grants permission and collects a premium under it (Surat Collectorate). A government notification of 8 February 2024 lets a tenant who has farmed land for more than 15 years move it from new tenure to old tenure without a conversion fee, but the premium for NA use is still payable (LiveLaw, April 2025). NA (non-agricultural) permission is granted under section 65 of the Gujarat Land Revenue Code, 1879, and is deemed granted if the Collector does not decide within three months (same source); applications have been online since a December 2018 circular (SCC Online, September 2024). Press reports put the NA premium at about 35 to 40 per cent of land value (Gujarat Samachar, March 2024); we found no official schedule. The 2008 resolution on NA procedure also lists distance limits from railways, airports and Air Force installations (900 m) and from the sea high-tide line (500 m) (Revenue Department resolution, July 2008), which later circulars may have changed.
Fragmentation (tukda) limit: the Assembly passed the Gujarat Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings (Amendment) Bill on 11 September 2026. As reported, it sets a uniform standard area of 10 gunthas (1,012 sq m) for rural land under a new section 5(4), leaves out municipal and urban development authority areas, and regularises violations from 1948 to 31 March 2026 without penalty; before this, buyers paid 10% of jantri value (DeshGujarat, September 2026). We did not see the Act text or any filing deadline.
Industrial and institutional exceptions: sections 63AA and 63AAA allow land bought for industrial, education or health use to be resold on payment of a share of jantri value that falls with the holding period, from 100% at three to five years to 25% beyond ten years (Gujarat Bill 23 of 2020, PRS Legislative Research). We have the Bill, not the enacted Act. A charity that bought in breach before 30 June 2015 may apply for conversion within a period the State notifies (Gujarat Bill 1 of 2024, PRS Legislative Research).
Disturbed Areas Act, 1991: where the State has notified an area under section 3, a transfer of land or buildings there needs the Collector’s prior sanction after an inquiry into free consent and fair value, and a transfer without it is void under section 5; contravention carries imprisonment of three to five years under section 6D (Gujarat Act 12 of 1991, PRS Legislative Research). A 2026 amendment renames these “specified areas”, adds a Monitoring and Advisory Committee and extends the Collector’s checks (Bill 18 of 2026; DeshGujarat, March 2026); the government notified the amendment in July 2026, with the effective date to be notified separately (DeshGujarat, July 2026). As a due-diligence step, ask the Collector or Sub-Registrar whether the survey number lies in a notified area; we hold no list of notified areas.
Land Grabbing Act, 2020 and tribal land: the Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2020 works through district committees, and in December 2024 a Gujarat High Court bench issued guidelines for those committees (LiveLaw, December 2024). Land held by Scheduled Tribe occupants is separately restricted under section 73AA of the Land Revenue Code, which the 2020 Bill cross-refers to (PRS Legislative Research); we did not open the Code, so check the occupant’s status in the 7/12.
NRI & OCI buyers: regulation 3 of the Foreign Exchange Management (Acquisition and Transfer of Immovable Property in India) Regulations, 2018 lets NRIs and OCIs buy land other than agricultural land, a farm house or plantation property (Reserve Bank of India, 2018 regulations). Residential and commercial land is open to them. The same section 63 rule applies to a resident non-farmer.
- Agriculturists only (s.63)
- Ceiling Act 1960
- NA via s.65
- Fragmentation: 10 gunthas
- Disturbed Areas Act
- NRI agri: barred (RBI 2018)
- 7/12 via AnyROR
State overview
Gujarat — from Kutch to the Narmada canal belt
Gujarat has 34 districts, the latest being Vav-Tharad, cut out of Banaskantha and announced on 1 January 2025 (AIR News, January 2025). The state covers 196,244 sq km and had about 60.44 million people at the 2011 Census (Forest Survey of India, 2019).
Water decides much of the farming map. Statewide, groundwater extraction is 54.21% of recharge, with 22 of 252 assessment units over-exploited (CGWB, December 2024). The Narmada main canal is complete at 458.32 km (DeshGujarat, March 2025), and the Saurashtra pipeline links carry Narmada water to 115 reservoirs (SAUNI report, Ministry of Jal Shakti). Gujarat grew 85.6% of India’s castor in 2020-21 (DESAGRI), and Kesar mango from Talala Gir carries a Geographical Indication tag (ThePrint, July 2024). We have no sourced cotton, groundnut or cumin series.
For land buyers the state splits two ways: the farmer-status test of section 63, which applies in every district, and the corridor markets around Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, Dholera, Vadodara and Surat, where NA permission and the fragmentation limit decide what a parcel can be used for.
- Western India
- Ahmedabad
- Dholera
- GIFT City
- Saurashtra
- Narmada Canal
Market bands
Reported valuation reference points — Gujarat
There is no sourced price series for Gujarat land, so no price bands are shown. The table lists the valuation reference points we could source; jantri is the government guideline value, not a market price.
| Item | Scope | Reported figure* | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jantri revision | Statewide | Rates doubled, effective 15 April 2023, after about 12 years | DeshGujarat, February 2023 |
| Draft revised jantri | Statewide | Release date not fixed in November 2024; no later notification found | The Secretariat, November 2024 |
| Fragmentation penalty | Rural land below the standard area | Earlier 10% of jantri value; waived for violations from 1948 to 31 March 2026 | DeshGujarat, September 2026 |
| Validation of past sales | Last sale to an agriculturist on or before 30 June 2015 | 10% of jantri value (section 63AB) | Gujarat High Court, September 2018 |
| Industrial resale premium | Land bought for industry, section 63AA | 100% to 25% of jantri value by holding period (Bill text) | PRS Legislative Research |
*Reported figures, not market prices. The Revenue Department and registration portals could not be opened for this review, so no district or village jantri schedule is shown; the registration summary lists guideline values as available online (Inspector General of Registration summary). Check the jantri for the survey number with the Sub-Registrar.
Transaction costs
Stamp duty & registration in Gujarat
4.9%
Stamp duty on a conveyance deed
as stated in the 2017-18 audit report
Not found
Registration fee on a land sale deed
no sourced rate
2x
Jantri rates from 15 April 2023
as reported; first revision in about 12 years
The Comptroller and Auditor General’s audit of the year ended 31 March 2018 says stamp duty on a conveyance deed is 4.9 per cent of the greater of consideration and market value, and that registration fees are levied on the consideration without giving a rate for conveyances (CAG Report 3 of 2019, chapter 4). A 2025 amendment Bill to the Gujarat Stamp Act changes penalties, company-merger conveyances and several other schedule items; its summary shows no change to the land conveyance rate, but we have not seen the enacted schedule (Gujarat Bill 10 of 2025, PRS Legislative Research). Registration runs on the gARVI 2.0 system in 294 Sub-Registrar offices (Inspector General of Registration summary; CMO Gujarat, January 2023), and the gARVI portal is where fees are paid, though we could not open it. Ask the Sub-Registrar for the current duty and fee on your parcel.
Connectivity
How Gujarat connects — road, rail, air and the corridor itself
No drive times are given here because we found no sourced figures; the notes show which road, rail or air project serves each place.
🚗 By road
✈️ By air
🚆 By rail
🛣 The corridor itself
About 426 km of the 1,386 km Delhi–Mumbai Expressway runs through Gujarat, and the Vadodara–Navsari stretch was open on a trial basis in January 2026 (DeshGujarat, January 2026). See the route and land-impact analysis in our Delhi–Mumbai Expressway wiki guide.
Growth catalysts
Upcoming infrastructure & developments
Status as of October 2026, maintained by the Farmland India research desk. Government-announced timelines are not guaranteed.
03Corridors
Expressways & rail
07Catalysts
Agriculture & terrain
Soil, crops & water across Gujarat
Crop belts and groundwater. Water figures are from the Central Ground Water Board assessment for 2024.
🌱 North Gujarat and Kutch (castor, water stress)
Gujarat grew 85.6% of India’s castor in 2020-21, and the five districts with the largest castor area were Banaskantha, Kutch, Patan, Mehsana and Surendranagar (DESAGRI). A September 2026 report on 2025 data names Mehsana, Banaskantha, Patan, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad and Kutch as under serious groundwater stress, with the deepest level at 168.29 m at Deodar Panthak in Banaskantha (Gujarat Samachar, September 2026). We have no sourced cumin figures.
- Castor
- Groundwater Watch
🥭 Saurashtra and Kutch (mango, pipeline irrigation)
Kesar mango from Talala Gir carries a Geographical Indication tag and is also grown in Kutch; Gujarat has 177,514 hectares under mango out of 449,389 hectares of fruit and flower crops (ThePrint, July 2024). Saurashtra farms draw on the pipeline links that feed 115 reservoirs (Ministry of Jal Shakti report). We have no sourced soil, cotton or groundnut series.
- Kesar Mango
- SAUNI Command
🌾 Narmada canal belt (Central and South Gujarat)
The Narmada project is reported to irrigate about 17.92 lakh hectares in Gujarat and 2.46 lakh hectares in Rajasthan, and to supply drinking water to 10,453 villages and 190 towns in Gujarat (IANS via India Tribune, March 2026). We have no sourced crop, soil or yield figures for these districts.
- Canal Command
🌾 Mandi price reference
Mandi prices for cotton, groundnut, castor and cumin are published on Agmarknet; we did not open the portal, so check the nearest APMC market there.
💧 Water & rainfall
No rainfall figure is given here because we did not open an IMD page. In the 2024 assessment, 22 of 252 units are over-exploited (8.73%), 10 critical, 24 semi-critical, 184 safe and 12 saline, and statewide extraction is 54.21% of an annual extractable recharge of 25.58 bcm (CGWB, December 2024). The state average hides local depletion, so check block status and borewell depth for a specific parcel.
📐 Measurement units
Gujarat revenue records use hectare, are and square metre, and gunthas. The September 2026 fragmentation amendment puts 10 gunthas at 1,012 sq m (DeshGujarat, September 2026), so 1 guntha is about 101 sq m or 1,089 sq ft, and 40 gunthas make an acre. The vigha varies by region, and we found no official conversion table; ask which vigha a listing uses and compare parcels in gunthas or hectares.
At a glance
Gujarat’s regions side by side
| Region | Price series | Water and irrigation | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Gujarat | No sourced series | Mehsana, Patan and Banaskantha named in a 2025 groundwater stress report | Castor belt; farmer-status test applies |
| Saurashtra | No sourced series | Pipeline links to 115 reservoirs (SAUNI) | Kesar mango around Talala Gir |
| Kutch | No sourced series | Named in the same stress report; Kutch Branch Canal planned works | Among top five castor districts |
| Central and South Gujarat | No sourced series | Narmada main canal; Navsari, Valsad and Surat among the better-off groundwater areas | Expressway and high-speed rail corridors |
*No sourced price series exists for these regions. Sources: Gujarat Samachar, September 2026; Ministry of Jal Shakti SAUNI report; DESAGRI castor report; ThePrint, July 2024; DeshGujarat, March 2025.
Farmland India view
Why investors look at Gujarat
Five points this desk weighs for Gujarat, each tied to a source on this page.
Large corridors are funded and moving
High-speed rail land is fully acquired, and the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway is open from Vadodara to Navsari on trial (August 2026 and January 2026 reports).
Planned hubs at Gandhinagar and Dholera
GIFT City covers about 1,000 acres and is expanding; a ₹91,000 crore chip plant is planned at Dholera (PIB; Business Standard).
Canal and pipeline water
The Narmada main canal is complete at 458.32 km, and SAUNI links 115 reservoirs, though North Gujarat groundwater remains stressed.
Cleaner paper trail for sale entries
From April and September 2026, clean registered sales can be mutated the same day, and 7/12 extracts show every recorded holder.
Buyer rules may change, not yet
A proposal to let non-farmers buy farmland was under review in 2024; we found nothing enacted, so price land on today's section 63 rule.
Confirm farmer status, tenure and NA status directly — these are not certified by Farmland India's review.
STRAIGHT TALK
Risks & challenges in Gujarat
Read these before shortlisting. The risks found in the sources are mostly about who may buy, tenure and premium, notified areas and water.
Sale to a non-agriculturist is barred
Section 63 bars transfer of agricultural land to a non-agriculturist without permission (India Code), and the Act has a separate provision on land whose transfer is invalid. A seller’s farmer status needs checking against the 7/12 and the 6 April 1995 cut-off (SCC Online, September 2024). Ask a Gujarat revenue lawyer to review the chain of title.
New tenure and the NA premium
New tenure land carries restrictions and a premium, and the premium for NA use remains payable even after a move to old tenure (LiveLaw, April 2025). Press reports put the premium at roughly 35 to 40 per cent of land value (Gujarat Samachar, March 2024); budget for it and get the figure in writing.
Parcels below the standard area
The 2026 amendment sets 10 gunthas as the standard area for rural land and regularises earlier violations without penalty (DeshGujarat, September 2026). Parcels sold in smaller pieces still need their history checked, and we have not seen the Act text.
Notified areas under the Disturbed Areas Act
A transfer in a notified area without the Collector’s sanction is void under section 5 (PRS Legislative Research). The 2026 amendment moves to “specified areas” and adds Collector checks (DeshGujarat, July 2026). Ask the Collector whether the survey number is covered.
Tribal and acquired land
In July 2019 the Gujarat High Court ordered status quo on land acquisition near the Statue of Unity in Narmada district and barred eviction in six villages while a petition was heard (Scroll, July 2019). We did not find the final outcome; treat acquisition history and tribal-occupant status as checks on any parcel in such areas.
Groundwater stress in the north
Statewide extraction is 54.21%, but Mehsana, Banaskantha, Patan, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad and Kutch are named for serious stress, with a deepest level of 168.29 m in Banaskantha (CGWB, December 2024; Gujarat Samachar, September 2026). Check borewell depth and block status.
Announced infrastructure is not delivered infrastructure
Dholera airport was described as about 80% built in July 2026, and the Railway Ministry says a full-corridor date for high-speed rail can be set only as work advances (AIR News, July 2026; Business Today, August 2026). Price a parcel on what is built today.
Who to contact
Local revenue & registration offices
NA permission under section 65 and permissions under the Tenancy Act go to the District Collector’s office, and the Surat Collectorate lists these services, including premium and new-to-old tenure conversion (Surat Collectorate). Mutation and 7/12 entries sit with the Talati and Mamlatdar. Sale deeds are registered by the Sub-Registrar on the gARVI system, and disputed valuations go to the Deputy Collector (Stamp Duty Valuation) (CAG Report 3 of 2019). Town planning questions go to the urban development authority under the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976. We could not open the Revenue Department, AnyROR or gARVI sites, so ask the local Mamlatdar for office addresses and fee schedules.
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COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
Everything buyers, NRIs and investors ask before their first reviewed farmland purchase in Gujarat.
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Who can buy agricultural land in Gujarat?
Section 63 of the Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 is headed "Transfers to non-agriculturist barred", and the Act defines an agriculturist as a person who cultivates land personally (India Code). Farmer status is checked from revenue records back to 6 April 1995 under Revenue Department circulars of 13 September 2024 (SCC Online, September 2024). A state committee's proposal to let non-farmers buy was under review in November 2024, and we found nothing enacted by October 2026.
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Does buying land in Gujarat need NA permission?
To use agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes, yes: permission is granted by the Collector under section 65 of the Gujarat Land Revenue Code, 1879, and is deemed granted if the Collector does not decide within three months (LiveLaw, April 2025). A premium is payable, and press reports put it at about 35 to 40 per cent of land value (Gujarat Samachar, March 2024); we found no official schedule. Ask the seller for the NA order and the tenure status of the land.
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What stamp duty applies in Gujarat?
The Comptroller and Auditor General's audit for the year ended 31 March 2018 states stamp duty on a conveyance deed at 4.9 per cent of the greater of consideration and market value, and gives no registration-fee rate for conveyances (CAG, Report 3 of 2019). Jantri rates were reported doubled from 15 April 2023 (DeshGujarat, February 2023). We could not open the registration portal, so ask the Sub-Registrar for the duty, fee and jantri on your parcel.
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Can NRIs buy land in Gujarat?
Not agricultural land, a farm house or plantation property: regulation 3 of the Reserve Bank's 2018 immovable property regulations excludes them for NRIs and OCIs across India, while residential and commercial land is open to them. A resident non-farmer faces the separate section 63 rule. Also ask the Collector whether the survey number lies in an area notified under the Disturbed Areas Act, 1991.
Transparency
Sources and references
Law and courts
- Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, India Code (section headings and definitions)
- Vinodchandra Sakarlal Kapadia v State of Gujarat, Civil Appeal 2573 of 2020, commentary, Mondaq, 29 Apr 2021
- Shashikant Vasudevbhai Patel v State of Gujarat, Gujarat High Court, 10 Sep 2018
- Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Laws (Amendment) Bill 2020, Bill 23 of 2020, PRS Legislative Research
- Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Laws (Amendment) Bill 2024, Bill 1 of 2024, PRS Legislative Research
- Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, 1960, India Code (page not opened)
- Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, Act 27 of 1961, amendments compiled by PRS Legislative Research
- Gujarat Land Revenue (Amendment) Act, 2025, Act 10 of 2025, PRS Legislative Research
- Gujarat Prohibition of Transfer of Immovable Property and Provision for Protection of Tenants from Eviction from Premises in Disturbed Areas Act, 1991, PRS Legislative Research
- Disturbed Areas Act amendment, Gujarat Bill 18 of 2026, PRS Legislative Research
- Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2020, Act 11 of 2020, PRS Legislative Research (page not opened)
- Gujarat High Court guidelines on Land Grabbing Act committees, LiveLaw, 11 Dec 2024
- Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976, India Code (page not opened)
- Gujarat Stamp (Amendment) Bill 2025, Bill 10 of 2025, PRS Legislative Research
- Rethinking land conversion policies, LiveLaw, 1 Apr 2025
- Gujarat farmer verification process streamlined, SCC Online, 25 Sep 2024
Government
- Foreign Exchange Management (Acquisition and Transfer of Immovable Property in India) Regulations 2018, Reserve Bank of India
- Dynamic Ground Water Resources and Ground Water Quality of Gujarat 2024, Central Ground Water Board, Dec 2024
- Stamp duty and registration fees, CAG Report 3 of 2019 (Gujarat revenue sector, year ended 31 Mar 2018)
- Registration System of Gujarat, summary from the Inspector General of Registration, undated
- Registration offices to be digitised, CMO Gujarat, 29 Jan 2023
- Procedure for NA permission, Resolution NAP/1006/425/K, Revenue Department, 1 Jul 2008
- Tenancy services, Surat Collectorate
- India State of Forest Report 2019, volume II, Gujarat, Forest Survey of India
- Castor crop cultivation in Gujarat, DESAGRI, Ministry of Agriculture
- Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) best-practices report, Ministry of Jal Shakti
- Smart Finance, Smart Future: GIFT City, Press Information Bureau, 28 Nov 2025
- Gujarat approves new district Vav-Tharad, AIR News, 1 Jan 2025
- Dholera International Airport to be operational within three months, AIR News, 14 Jul 2026
- gARVI portal, Inspector General of Registration (page not opened)
- Agmarknet (page not opened)
News
- Jantri rate hike to be effective from April 15, DeshGujarat, 11 Feb 2023
- Gujarat to revise minimum rates for agricultural land, The Secretariat, 13 Nov 2024
- Major changes likely in Gujarat tenancy and agricultural land laws, Gujarat Samachar, 9 Mar 2024
- Gujarat plans to allow non-farmers to buy agricultural land, Gujarat Samachar, 12 Nov 2024
- Congress opposes proposal allowing non-farmers to buy agricultural land, Gujarat Samachar, 19 Nov 2024
- Assembly passes Tukda Dhara amendment bill, DeshGujarat, 11 Sep 2026
- Land revenue law amended, 30-day notice waived for undisputed deals, DeshGujarat, 1 Apr 2026
- Gujarat Assembly passes land revenue, GST and livestock feed bills, ThePrint, 10 Sep 2026
- Disturbed Areas Act amendment bill passed, DeshGujarat, 25 Mar 2026
- Gujarat notifies Disturbed Areas Act amendment, DeshGujarat, 15 Jul 2026
- When will India’s first bullet train run, Business Today, 16 Aug 2026
- Delhi–Mumbai Expressway, all packages open on Vadodara–Navsari section, DeshGujarat, 12 Jan 2026
- Ahmedabad–Dholera Expressway opens for public testing, Swarajya, 27 Feb 2026
- Gujarat plans housing to support Dholera semiconductor fab, Business Standard, 16 Jun 2025
- Narmada canals, 63,908 km done, DeshGujarat, 8 Mar 2025
- Sardar Sarovar Dam supplies water to 3 crore people, IANS via India Tribune, 21 Mar 2026
- Gujarat faces growing groundwater crisis, Gujarat Samachar, 28 Sep 2026
- Gujarat exported 689.5 tonnes of mangoes in 2023-24, ThePrint, 21 Jul 2024
- Land acquisition near Statue of Unity stalled by High Court, Scroll, 26 Jul 2019
Further reading
- Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, PRS Legislative Research copy
- Disturbed Areas Act 1991, PRS Legislative Research copy
- Gujarat Land Revenue (Amendment) Act 2025, PRS Legislative Research copy
- Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976, India Code
- gARVI, registration and stamp services, Gujarat
- NA permission procedure resolution, Revenue Department, 2008
- CGWB groundwater assessment of Gujarat, 2024
- SAUNI best-practices report, Ministry of Jal Shakti
- GIFT City, Press Information Bureau, November 2025
- Gujarat Land Revenue (Amendment) Bill 2025, DeshGujarat
- Gujarat High Court on the Land Grabbing Act, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas blog (page not opened)
- Gujarat creates 17 new talukas, The Week, September 2025
Data-currency note: sources were read in October 2026. The Gujarat Revenue Department, AnyROR, gARVI and India Code pages could not be opened in this review, so the Gujarat Land Revenue Code, section 63 of the Tenancy Act, the Ceiling Act schedule and the Fragmentation Act amendment are read through section headings, PRS Legislative Research copies, legal commentary and press reports as labelled. Jantri, stamp duty and premium rates change often. General information, not legal advice. Report inaccuracies to wiki@farmlandindia.com.
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