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District guide
Buying Land in Botad
A young cotton district of four talukas in central Saurashtra: farmer-status and tenure checks, mostly rainfed land, a Vande Bharat reroute, a Dholera expressway extension without a route and no sourced price series.
2,564 sq km
Area (district portal)
6.52 lakh
Population (Census 2011)
4
Talukas
167,134 ha
Cotton area (ICAR-CRIDA)
*Indicative range across districts and land types. Stamp duty, registration and conversion charges are additional. Local measurement units vary — every listing states the unit it is priced in. Not a valuation or an offer.
District land record — Botad
Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk
State
Gujarat
Sub-divisions
4 talukas: Botad, Gadhada, Barvala and Ranpur, with Botad city as headquarters (Botad district portal, October 2026)
Key markets
Botad city · Gadhada · Barvala · Ranpur · Salangpur
Demand anchors
Cotton belt in central Saurashtra · pilgrimage centres at Gadhada and Salangpur · Sabarmati–Veraval Vande Bharat rerouted via Botad from 17 August 2026 · Ahmedabad–Dholera Expressway and its announced Bhavnagar extension nearby
Rail
Botad is a stop on the Sabarmati–Veraval Vande Bharat Express on its revised route from 17 August 2026 (DeshGujarat, July 2026)
Size and population
2,564 sq km · about 6.52 lakh people at Census 2011 (Botad district portal, October 2026)
Pricing unit
₹/vigha or ₹/guntha for farmland (local usage varies) · ₹/sq yd for plots
Local units
Guntha = 1,089 sq ft · 40 gunthas = 1 acre · Vigha varies by region, no official conversion found
Land records portal
anyror.gujarat.gov.in for the 7/12 extract (not opened for this page; check records there)
Land law is state law. These rules are maintained on the Gujarat page and apply to every district within it.
Botad — 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
Botad — district-specific notes
The Gujarat state page applies to Botad in full. The notes below are specific to this district and are not repeated from the state page. They rest on Act texts and Bills on India Code and PRS, court reports and press; the Revenue Department, AnyROR and gARVI pages did not open for us, so section 63 itself was read through summaries.
⚠ Botad farmland follows the statewide farmer-status rule. 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 a Supreme Court appeal reports that the High Court read section 63 to require the Collector's permission for such a transfer (Mondaq, April 2021). Circulars of 13 September 2024 check farmer status back to 6 April 1995 with a self-declaration (SCC Online, September 2024). A proposal to let non-farmers buy was under review in November 2024 (Gujarat Samachar, November 2024); we found nothing enacted by October 2026.
⚠ Botad has no sea coast, so the coastal limits in the 2008 resolution do not apply here, but its 900 m limit from railways, airports and Air Force installations does (Revenue Department resolution, July 2008), which later circulars may have changed. That matters near the Botad rail line and any future airport land. NA permission is under section 65 of the Land Revenue Code and is deemed granted if the Collector does not decide within three months (LiveLaw, April 2025). The press puts the NA premium at about 35 to 40 per cent of land value (Gujarat Samachar, March 2024); we found no official schedule.
⚠ Where a farmer bought under the tenancy law, section 43 restricts onward transfer of "new tenure" land, with permission and a premium through the Collector (Surat Collectorate tenancy page, as an example of the process). A notification of 8 February 2024 lets land farmed for over 15 years move from new to old tenure without a conversion fee, though the NA premium is still payable (LiveLaw, April 2025). Check the tenure remark in the 7/12.
⚠ Small plots cut from a field fall under the fragmentation law. The September 2026 amendment, as reported, sets a rural standard area of 10 gunthas (1,012 sq m) and regularises violations from 1948 to 31 March 2026 without the earlier 10% of jantri penalty (DeshGujarat, September 2026). We did not see the Act text or any deadline.
⚠ The Disturbed Areas Act, 1991 applies only where the State has notified an area; there, a transfer needs the Collector's prior sanction and an unsanctioned transfer is void (Gujarat Act 12 of 1991, PRS). We hold no list of notified areas and name none for Botad; ask the Collector or Sub-Registrar whether the survey number is covered. The Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2020 works through district committees, and the High Court issued guidelines for them in December 2024 (LiveLaw, December 2024).
Read the full Gujarat land buying guide for buyer eligibility, stamp duty and NRI rules.
- Agriculturists only (s.63)
- New tenure (s.43)
- NA via s.65
- Fragmentation: 10 gunthas
District overview
Botad — a young cotton district on the Vande Bharat route and the Dholera side
Botad is one of Gujarat's newer districts, created on 15 August 2013 from the south-western part of Ahmedabad district and the north-western part of Bhavnagar district (Botad district court site). The district portal lists four talukas (Botad, Gadhada, Barvala, Ranpur), 2,564 sq km and about 6.52 lakh people at the 2011 Census (Botad district portal, October 2026). It borders Bhavnagar, Surendranagar, Amreli, Ahmedabad and Rajkot (NRI Gujarat portal), and the Sukhbhadar, Kalubhar, Ghelo, Utavali and Goma are its main rivers.
We publish no per-vigha or per-acre price band for Botad. No sourced asking-price series exists in our research and no village jantri schedule was obtained. The one statewide reference is that jantri rates doubled from 15 April 2023 (DeshGujarat, February 2023). Jantri is a registration floor, not a market price.
Botad is cotton land first. The ICAR-CRIDA district plan lists medium black soil and 167,134 ha of cotton, more than all other crops together (ICAR-CRIDA Botad plan). Pilgrimage towns at Gadhada and Salangpur add a visitor economy (NRI Gujarat portal). Road news is regional: the Ahmedabad–Dholera Expressway is in public testing and its extension to Bhavnagar has been announced, with no alignment published.
- Botad
- Gadhada
- Barvala
- Ranpur
- Salangpur
- Cotton belt
Transaction costs
Stamp duty & registration in Botad
4.9%
Stamp duty on a conveyance deed
as stated in the 2017-18 audit report; current rate to confirm
Not found
Registration fee on a land sale deed
no sourced rate
2x
Jantri rates from 15 April 2023
as reported statewide; no Botad schedule seen
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 (CAG Report 3 of 2019, chapter 4). A 2025 amendment Bill to the Gujarat Stamp Act shows no change to the land conveyance rate in its summary, but we have not seen the enacted schedule (Gujarat Bill 10 of 2025, PRS). We found no registration fee rate for land deeds and do not quote one. Registration runs on the gARVI 2.0 system in 294 Sub-Registrar offices statewide (Inspector General of Registration summary; CMO Gujarat, January 2023), and the gARVI portal is where fees are paid, though we could not open it. A 2026 amendment to section 135-D of the Land Revenue Code is reported to allow same-day mutation for undisputed registered sales (DeshGujarat, April 2026); assent to the September 2026 Bill is not confirmed. Ask the Sub-Registrar for the current duty and fee on your parcel, and for the jantri applied to the village.
Know the belt
What is moving prices in Botad
One statewide reference and a set of local signals about use, not price. No listing-site prices are used.
Jantri: statewide doubling
Rates doubled from 15 April 2023, as reported
DeshGujarat reported in February 2023 that jantri rates would double from 15 April 2023, the first revision in about 12 years (DeshGujarat, February 2023). A revised draft for agricultural land was still pending in November 2024 (The Secretariat, November 2024). We have no Botad village schedule.
Check: the jantri for the village and survey number on the sale-deed date.
Cotton belt
Cotton on 167,134 ha, about 63% of it rainfed
The ICAR-CRIDA plan lists 167,134 ha of cotton, of which 61,590 ha irrigated and 105,544 ha rainfed, against 17,020 ha of wheat and 6,123 ha of sesame (ICAR-CRIDA Botad plan). The plan's figures are labelled only "latest", so the year is unknown. A rainfed cotton farm has weaker income than the acreage suggests.
Check: the water source recorded for the survey number, not the seller's description.
Rail change at Botad
Vande Bharat rerouted via Botad from 17 August 2026
DeshGujarat reported that the Sabarmati–Veraval Vande Bharat Express would run via Gandhigram, Dholka, Dhandhuka, Botad, Dhola, Dhasa and Junagadh from 17 August 2026, under a Railway Board letter of 8 June 2026 (DeshGujarat, July 2026). The report gives no reason and no land-price effect.
Check: whether the train is running on the revised route before treating it as a driver.
Asking prices
No sourced price series
Listing-site asking prices for Botad could not be traced to registered deals, so none are shown. A seller's ask and the jantri can sit far apart.
Check: registered sale deeds in the same village before negotiating.
Units: guntha, acre, vigha
Gujarat land is sold by the guntha (1,089 sq ft), the acre (40 gunthas) and the vigha. The vigha varies by region and we found no official conversion, so ask the seller for the area in gunthas or sq m as written in the 7/12 and convert from that. Fragmentation rules are set in gunthas: the reported rural standard area is 10 gunthas.
Connectivity
How Botad connects — road, rail and air
No official drive times were found, so none are given. Journey times vary with traffic and road works.
By road
By air
By rail
The practical question is the last leg from the highway to the parcel; ask for the access road in the 7/12 or a registered easement. Full Gujarat rules for buyers from outside the state: Gujarat agricultural land rules.
Growth catalysts
Upcoming infrastructure & developments
Status labels reflect sources read in October 2026. Government-announced timelines are not guaranteed; items marked confirm have a single or an older source.
01Open or inaugurated
04In progress or pending
Agriculture & terrain
Soil, crops & water in Botad
A medium-black-soil cotton district where more than half the sown land is rainfed and the plan records no seawater intrusion.
🌾 Cotton and rabi land (Botad, Barvala, Ranpur)
The ICAR-CRIDA district plan (figures labelled "latest", production averaged over 2004 to 2008) gives medium black soil, a net sown area of 198,497 ha, a gross cropped area of 213,397 ha and a cropping intensity of 106.5%. Cotton covers 167,134 ha, wheat 17,020 ha, sorghum 12,200 ha and sesame 6,123 ha, with spices on 5,181 ha and vegetables on 3,081 ha (ICAR-CRIDA Botad plan). The plan's canal-area entry is larger than the cultivable area and is evidently a data error, so we do not quote it.
- Cotton
- Wheat
- Sorghum
- Sesame
- Spices
🛕 Pilgrimage towns (Gadhada, Salangpur)
The NRI Gujarat portal lists Gadhada as a prominent Swaminarayan centre, Salangpur's Hanumanji temple and the Bhimnath Mahadev temple at Polarpur as places of interest (NRI Gujarat portal). Temple-town demand shapes plot and small-parcel land near the towns, but we have no sourced price for it. Zoning and NA status decide what can be built.
- Gadhada
- Salangpur
- Polarpur
🌊 Rivers and monsoon flooding
The district portal names the Sukhbhadar in the north (Ranpur), the Kalubhar in the south (Gadhada) and the Ghelo, Utavali and Goma (Botad district portal). The NRI portal says the Bhimnath Mahadev temple floods during the monsoon (NRI Gujarat portal). Ask the seller for flood history on any parcel near a river or nala.
- Sukhbhadar
- Kalubhar
- Ghelo
💧 Water & rainfall
Normal rainfall is 655.9 mm with 29.4 rainy days in the ICAR-CRIDA plan, which gives gross irrigated area of 90,278 ha against 138,060 ha rainfed, and 29,637 ha irrigated from reservoirs (ICAR-CRIDA Botad plan). The plan states that seawater intrusion does not occur in the district. The CGWB Bhavnagar profile, which predates the 2013 split, gives stage of groundwater development of 65.71% for Botad taluka and 69.13% for Gadhada, both safe, in 2011; it does not list Barvala or Ranpur (CGWB Bhavnagar profile, 2013). The 2024 statewide CGWB report has no district-wise stage (CGWB, December 2024). Check borewell yield and permission for any parcel.
📐 Measurement units
Gujarat land units: guntha = 1,089 sq ft; 40 gunthas = 1 acre; the vigha varies by region with no official conversion found. Convert every quote to gunthas or acres before comparing two offers. Rainfed cotton income is modest next to land values near the towns, so price a parcel on location, water source and permitted use, not on yield. We have no sourced mandi price series for Botad.
At a glance
Botad vs. its neighbours
| District / belt | Price band* (per acre) | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Botad | No sourced price series | Jantri doubled statewide from 15 Apr 2023 (reported); no village schedule seen |
| Bhavnagar | No sourced price series | No figure used on this page; Botad was cut partly from Bhavnagar in 2013 |
| Surendranagar | No sourced price series | No figure used on this page |
| Rajkot | No sourced price series | No figure used on this page |
| Ahmedabad | No sourced price series | No figure used on this page; Dholera corridor news is listed above |
*Jantri is a registration floor, not a market price. See the Bhavnagar page for the coastal district Botad was partly carved from, the Surendranagar page for the northern neighbour and the Ahmedabad page for the Dholera side.
Farmland India view
Why investors look at Botad
Five reasoned points, with an honest note that the price evidence is thin and the regional road projects are still pending.
A new district with a rail change
Botad became a district in 2013, and from 17 August 2026 the Sabarmati–Veraval Vande Bharat is scheduled to call there. A faster rail link helps visitors and commuters; it is not a price series.
Near the Dholera corridor
The Ahmedabad–Dholera Expressway is in public testing and Dholera airport was about 80% built in July 2026. Neither is in Botad, and no source ties them to a Botad junction, so this is proximity, not proof.
An extension with no route
The Bhavnagar extension was announced for July 2026 with work due within three months, but no alignment is published. Do not pay for a corridor that is not drawn.
Cotton land with mixed water
Cotton covers 167,134 ha and most of it is rainfed, so water access separates good parcels from weak ones. A borewell test and the irrigation entry matter more than the acreage.
A market that rewards paperwork
Farmer status, tenure, NA permission and the fragmentation limit all attach to the parcel. A buyer who documents each is better placed than one relying on a broker summary.
Confirm farmer status, tenure, NA and water questions directly; these are not certified by Farmland India’s review.
STRAIGHT TALK
Risks & challenges in Botad
Read these before shortlisting in Botad specifically.
Farmer-status rule
Section 63 bars transfer to a non-agriculturist without permission, and the 2024 circulars check farmer status back to 1995. Ask for the 7/12 history and the Collector's permission where the seller bought as a farmer.
New-tenure land
Section 43 restricts transfer of new-tenure land and a premium is payable. Read the tenure remark in the 7/12 before paying a deposit.
Rainfed cotton
Most cotton in the CRIDA plan is rainfed, so income depends on the monsoon. Check the recorded water source and test the borewell.
Fragmentation
Plots below the standard area attracted a 10% of jantri penalty before the September 2026 amendment; the Act text and deadlines were not seen. Ask whether the parcel was split from a larger survey number.
Disturbed Areas Act
Where an area is notified, a transfer needs the Collector's sanction. We hold no list for Botad; ask the Collector or Sub-Registrar about the survey number.
Announced is not delivered
The Bhavnagar expressway extension has no alignment, Dholera airport had no confirmed opening, and the Vande Bharat reroute has not been confirmed as running. Price on today's fundamentals.
No sourced price series
We use no listing-site prices for Botad and no village jantri was obtained. Collect registered comparables before negotiating.
Who to contact
Local revenue, planning & registration offices
Mutation and revenue-record matters go through the Mamlatdar of the relevant taluka (Botad, Gadhada, Barvala or Ranpur), as the Botad district portal lists them, with appeals and non-agricultural permission going to the Prant (Deputy Collector) and the District Collector. The Tenancy Act permission and premium process is run by the Collector's office, as the Surat Collectorate tenancy page describes for its own district. Sale-deed registration is handled by the local Sub-Registrar through gARVI. Town planning schemes and urban development authority areas fall under the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976 (not opened for this page). Records are on AnyROR and fees on gARVI; we could not open either, so check them directly. We do not list officials or phone numbers.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
Everything buyers, NRIs and investors ask before their first reviewed farmland purchase in Botad.
Visit full wiki01 of 04
What does agricultural land cost in Botad?
We publish no per-vigha or per-acre band for Botad because listing-site asking prices could not be traced to registered deals and no village jantri schedule was obtained. The one official reference is that jantri rates doubled from 15 April 2023 (DeshGujarat, February 2023). Jantri is a registration floor, not a market price.
02 of 04
Can a non-farmer buy agricultural land in Botad?
Generally not without permission. Section 63 of the Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 is headed "Transfers to non-agriculturist barred", and circulars of 13 September 2024 set a farmer-status check back to 6 April 1995 (SCC Online, September 2024). A proposal to relax this was under review in November 2024 and we found nothing enacted by October 2026.
03 of 04
What do farmers grow in Botad?
Mainly cotton. The ICAR-CRIDA district plan lists 167,134 ha of cotton, 17,020 ha of wheat, 12,200 ha of sorghum and 6,123 ha of sesame on medium black soil, with 105,544 ha of the cotton rainfed. The plan's crop areas are labelled only "latest", so the year is unknown.
04 of 04
Which infrastructure affects Botad?
The Sabarmati–Veraval Vande Bharat was approved to run via Botad from 17 August 2026 (DeshGujarat, July 2026). The Ahmedabad–Dholera Expressway opened for public testing in February 2026 and its extension to Bhavnagar was announced in July 2026 with no alignment published. None of these has a source tying it to a specific Botad village.
Transparency
Sources and references
Law and courts
- Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 (headings and s. 2(2)), India Code
- Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, 1960 (Act 27 of 1961), PRS Legislative Research copy
- Gujarat Bill 23 of 2020 (ss. 63AA, 63AAA, 73AA cross-reference), PRS Legislative Research
- Shashikant Vasudevbhai Patel v State of Gujarat, Gujarat High Court, 10 Sep 2018
- Disturbed Areas Act, 1991 (Act 12 of 1991), PRS Legislative Research copy
- Gujarat Bill 18 of 2026 (Disturbed Areas amendment), PRS Legislative Research
- Gujarat High Court guidelines on the Land Grabbing Act, LiveLaw, 11 Dec 2024
- Foreign Exchange Management (Acquisition and Transfer of Immovable Property in India) Regulations 2018, Reserve Bank of India
Government
- About Botad district, district portal (opened)
- Botad district, NRI Gujarat portal (opened)
- Botad district court site (opened)
- Agriculture Contingency Plan for Botad, ICAR-CRIDA (data labelled latest)
- Bhavnagar groundwater brochure, Central Ground Water Board (2013, pre-split district)
- Dynamic Ground Water Resources of Gujarat 2024, Central Ground Water Board, Dec 2024
- Revenue Department resolution on NA procedure, 1 Jul 2008
- CAG Report 3 of 2019, chapter 4 (stamp duty and registration fees), Gujarat
- Registration System of Gujarat, Inspector General of Registration summary
- Dholera international airport to be operational within three months, AIR News, Jul 2026
- Report on Best Practices of SAUNI, Ministry of Jal Shakti
News
- Sabarmati–Veraval Vande Bharat to run via Botad from Aug 17, DeshGujarat, 24 Jul 2026
- Work on Ahmedabad–Dholera Expressway extension to Bhavnagar to begin in 3 months, DeshGujarat, 10 Jul 2026
- Ahmedabad–Dholera Expressway to be extended to Bhavnagar, Swarajya, 11 Jul 2026
- Rs 5,800 crore Ahmedabad–Dholera Expressway opens for public testing, Swarajya, 27 Feb 2026
- 69,800 km of Narmada canals done, DeshGujarat, 8 Mar 2025
- Jantri rate hike effective from April 15, DeshGujarat, 11 Feb 2023
- Gujarat assembly passes tukda dhara amendment bill, DeshGujarat, 11 Sep 2026
- Gujarat govt amends land revenue law: 30-day notice waived, DeshGujarat, 1 Apr 2026
Further reading
- Gujarat assessing non-farmers' access to agricultural land, Gujarat Samachar, 12 Nov 2024
- Major changes likely in Gujarat tenancy and agricultural land laws, Gujarat Samachar, 9 Mar 2024
- Gujarat farmer verification process streamlined, SCC Online, 25 Sep 2024
- Balancing reform and responsibility: rethinking land conversion policies, LiveLaw, 1 Apr 2025
- An agriculturist is debarred from bequeathing agricultural land to a non-agriculturist, Mondaq, 29 Apr 2021
- Gujarat to revise minimum rates for agricultural land, The Secretariat, 13 Nov 2024
- Gujarat assembly passes land revenue, GST and livestock feed bills, ThePrint, 10 Sep 2026
- Gujarat Land Revenue (Amendment) Act 2025, PRS Legislative Research
- Surat Collectorate: tenancy permissions and premium
- Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976, India Code (not opened)
- gARVI portal (not opened)
Data-currency note: the ICAR-CRIDA plan labels its crop areas only as latest and its production averages 2004 to 2008; the CGWB profile describes the pre-2013 district and uses 2011 data; the district portal figures were read in October 2026; infrastructure statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly; jantri is a statewide report with no Botad schedule. Pages marked "not opened" are named only as places to check. This is a general guide, not legal advice. Report inaccuracies to wiki@farmlandindia.com.
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