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District guide
Buying Land in Tarn Taran
A Majha border district of paddy-wheat plains and Sikh pilgrimage towns: fenced border farmland, Beas–Sutlej flood edge, over-exploited groundwater, an expressway spur still to be confirmed and no sourced price series.
11.2 lakh
Population (Census 2011)
2006
District created
4,192 ha
Land beyond border wiring
None found
Sourced price series
*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.
PLRS — Punjab Land Records SocietyDistrict land record — Tarn Taran
Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk
State
Punjab
Sub-divisions
3 tehsils: Tarn Taran · Patti · Khadur Sahib; 5 sub-tehsils: Jhabal · Chohla Sahib · Khem Karan · Bhikiwind · Goindwal Sahib; 8 blocks (Tarn Taran district portal, October 2026)
Key markets
Tarn Taran Sahib · Patti · Khadur Sahib · Goindwal Sahib · Bhikhiwind · Khem Karan · Harike
Demand anchors
Sikh pilgrimage towns · Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway corridor (spur alignment to confirm) · paddy-wheat farm economy
Rail
Rail lines not checked against a railway or district source; we found no commercial airport in the district (nearest: Amritsar)
Size and population
2,449 sq km on the district portal (the state agriculture department gives 241,449 hectares, about 2,414 sq km) · 11.2 lakh people (Census of India 2011, Table A-2)
Pricing unit
₹/acre (farmland) · ₹/sq yd (plots)
Local units
Acre · kanal · marla (1 kanal = 20 marla; 8 kanal = 1 acre)
Land records portal
Punjab Land Records Society (portal address not confirmed); free digitally signed copies through Easy Jamabandi (Tribune, June 2025)
Land law is state law. These rules are maintained on the Punjab page and apply to every district within it.
Tarn Taran — land purchase legal rules
The Act text we read limits how much land a family may hold, not who may buy. The main check is land classification: village common land (Shamlat Deh) vests in the Gram Panchayat, and a private seller cannot pass title to it.
Who can buy agricultural land? Section 4 of the Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1972 (Act No. 10 of 1973) caps what a person or family may hold. We found no clause in the text we read that limits the buyer by domicile or occupation; the copy is a 2005 printout, so a Punjab revenue lawyer should confirm there is no later restriction.
Ceiling limits: under Section 4(2) the permissible area is 7 hectares of two-crop irrigated land, 11 hectares of one-crop irrigated land and 20.5 hectares of barani land, with other classes capped at 21.8 hectares. A family of more than five gets one-fifth extra per additional member, for at most three members. Section 12 makes a transfer beyond the limit void (Act text, Punjab Land Records Society). A 2017 amending Bill took land bought for housing, industry, tourism and institutions outside the Act and asks the buyer to tell the Collector of the change of use within a year (Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Bill 33-PLA-2017).
Shamlat Deh — the parcel that cannot be sold: under the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 this land vests in the Gram Panchayat, which may dispose of it only for the benefit of villagers and, under the rules, with prior government approval; the Collector decides disputes over its status. A private seller therefore cannot give a buyer title to it. Match every khasra number against the seller's current Jamabandi before paying any advance; the state reported in Tribune, June 2025 that its Easy Jamabandi portal issues free digitally signed copies with a QR code.
NRI Power of Attorney: a power-of-attorney sale does not transfer title; in Suraj Lamp & Industries v State of Haryana (Supreme Court, 2011) the Court held that only a registered deed of conveyance does, though an attorney may sign that registered deed for the owner. If the seller is abroad, read the PoA for an express power to sell and for its registration.
NRI & OCI buyers: the Reserve Bank's Master Direction under FEMA 1999 lets NRIs and OCIs buy immovable property other than agricultural land, plantation property or a farm house. That applies across India, Punjab included.
- Ceiling, not buyer class
- Ceiling: 7 / 11 / 20.5 ha
- Shamlat Deh: Panchayat land
- NRI PoA: registered deed
- NRI agri: barred (FEMA)
- Jamabandi check
Tarn Taran — district-specific notes
The Punjab legal framework on the state page applies to Tarn Taran in full. The notes below are specific to this district and are not repeated from the state page.
⚠ Who may buy: we found no domicile or agriculturist bar on buying farmland in Punjab. Section 4(2) of the Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1972 caps how much a family may hold instead: 7 hectares of irrigated land that yields two crops a year, 11 hectares of one-crop irrigated land, 20.5 hectares of barani land, and up to 21.8 hectares for other classes, with an allowance for larger families (Act text, Punjab Land Records Society). The printout we read lists amendments only to 1976. The 2017 amendment Bill would keep land acquired for housing, industry, tourism and institutions outside the Act and asks the buyer to notify the Collector of the change of use within one year (Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Bill 33-PLA-2017, November 2017); we did not read the final Act. Ask a Punjab revenue lawyer for the current limit before you sign.
⚠ Border land: the Punjab agriculture department says 4,192 hectares of the district lie beyond the border wiring, of which 3,597 hectares are cultivable (Punjab Agriculture Department, district profile). Farmers cross the fence to farm only during fixed hours set by the Border Security Force (News On AIR, April 2026), and the Chief Minister said in January 2026 that crossing needs identity cards and a BSF escort (The Tribune, January 2026). If a parcel you are offered lies beyond the fence, get a written note of the access hours and gates before you pay anything. We found no official statement that such land cannot be sold, so put the question to the Sub-Registrar and the Deputy Commissioner in writing.
⚠ Fence relocation: in April 2026 the Union Home Ministry wrote to the Deputy Commissioners of six border districts, Tarn Taran included, and a social impact survey by sub-divisional magistrates is the first step towards moving the fence closer to the zero line (News On AIR, April 2026). The report gives no timeline, acreage or compensation, and the Chief Minister's "in principle" account of January 2026 is his own statement of a meeting with the Home Minister (The Tribune, January 2026). Do not price land on the assumption that the fence will move.
⚠ Border purchase rules: in the official pages we could open, we found no Punjab or central notification that bars an Indian citizen from buying farmland in a border district or requires a purchase NOC. That is an absence of evidence, not a ruling, so ask the Deputy Commissioner in writing whether any restriction applies near the border.
⚠ Building a farmhouse or any non-agricultural use needs change of land use (CLU) from the Punjab planning authority, and plotted layouts fall under the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act, 1995 (PAPRA). We did not reach a Punjab planning-department page, so the CLU procedure is not confirmed from an official source. An application receipt is not permission: ask for the granted CLU order, the approved layout and, where it applies, the RERA registration.
⚠ Unauthorised colonies: a 2024 amendment to PAPRA allowed plots to be registered without an NOC for a limited period (The Tribune, October 2024; The Tribune, March 2025). The High Court then halted such registrations in March 2025 (PTC News, March 2025) and the state stalled them in May 2025 (The Tribune, May 2025). We have not read the court orders. Do not buy a plot in a layout that lacks authority approval, and ask for the NOC in writing.
⚠ Land pooling: Punjab notified a land pooling policy on 4 June 2025 and amended it on 25 July 2025 (GMADA policy page). The Tribune reports that it was withdrawn in August 2025, re-issued as an optional scheme in November 2025 and followed by an enhanced package in April 2026, and that the acquisition is in the Greater Mohali (GMADA) belt and New Chandigarh; it names no other district (The Tribune, June 2026). We found no pooled-village list for Tarn Taran. Ask the development authority whether a survey number is inside any notified scheme before paying a deposit.
⚠ Not a Shivalik district, but an eco-sensitive edge: the forest department's 2022 drone survey of Punjab Land Preservation Act land named Hoshiarpur, Ropar, Nawanshahar, Dasuya, Mohali and Pathankot, not Tarn Taran (The Tribune, October 2022). The Harike Wildlife Sanctuary (about 8,600 hectares across Ferozepur, Tarn Taran and Kapurthala, final notification of 18 November 1999) has a 100-metre eco-sensitive zone declared by the Government of India on 12 May 2017 (Punjab Wildlife Department). Ask whether a Harike-side survey number falls inside either boundary.
⚠ Tarn Taran was carved out of Amritsar district in 2006 (Tarn Taran district portal), so older records and deeds for some villages may still carry Amritsar references: check the tehsil and Sub-Registrar on the fard. NRIs and OCIs cannot buy agricultural land, plantation property or a farmhouse: the RBI Master Direction on immovable property permits other immovable property but excludes those three (RBI Master Direction FED 12/2015-16, clause 3.1.1). They may inherit it. See the NRI land guide.
Read the Punjab state guide for buyer eligibility, stamp duty and NRI rules, and the state-wise land law guides for how the rules differ across our corridor states.
- Ceiling 7 ha (irrigated, 2 crops)
- Border fence land
- CLU required
- Harike eco zone
- Land pooling (Mohali belt)
District overview
Tarn Taran — a Majha border district of Sikh pilgrimage towns, paddy-wheat plains and fenced border farmland
Buying land in Tarn Taran means buying in a rural, border-facing Majha district. Tarn Taran was carved out of Amritsar in 2006 and covers 2,449 sq km according to the district portal; the Census of India recorded 11.2 lakh people in 2011. The portal lists three tehsils (Tarn Taran, Patti and Khadur Sahib), five sub-tehsils and eight blocks, with Pakistan to the west, Amritsar to the north, Kapurthala to the east and Ferozepur to the south (Tarn Taran district portal; Census of India, Table A-2). There is little published price or search evidence for the district, so this page is written for agricultural land buyers who already have Tarn Taran in mind.
The farm economy is intensive and thirsty. The state agriculture department puts net sown area at 2.17 lakh hectares, almost all double cropped, with every hectare irrigated, 60% by canals and 40% by tubewells (Punjab Agriculture Department). The Central Ground Water Board classes all eight blocks as over-exploited, with a district stage of extraction of 182% in its district plan, using data as of March 2011 (CGWB Tarn Taran district plan). The district portal adds that soils are saline and alkaline, poorly drained in places and low in nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.
Three things set Tarn Taran apart from the Malwa districts. First, border land: thousands of hectares sit beyond the fence and a relocation survey was ordered in April 2026. Second, floods: The Tribune named Tarn Taran among districts flooded in August 2025, though we found no district-level damage figure. Third, the Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway, whose Amritsar spur NHAI describes as branching off near Nakodar (Business Today, September 2026); we could not confirm the spur's stops in this district from an official page. We found no sourced price series for agricultural land here, so the price table is empty. That is a limit of the evidence, not a statement that land is cheap or dear.
- Tarn Taran Sahib
- Patti
- Khadur Sahib
- Goindwal Sahib
- Harike
- Border belt
Transaction costs
Stamp duty & registration in Tarn Taran
5%
Stamp duty (2017-18 audit rate)
current rate to confirm with the Sub-Registrar
6% / 4%
Men / women, as reported
press reports, 2018 and 2020
1%
Registration fee
capped at ₹2 lakh (2017-18 audit)
The Comptroller and Auditor General records stamp duty on a sale deed at 5% of the higher of the deed value and the collector rate, a 1% social infrastructure cess and a 1% registration fee capped at ₹2 lakh, as in force in 2017-18 (CAG report, 2019). Press reports of 2018 and 2020 put the rate at 6% for men and 4% for women (The Statesman, June 2018; The Tribune, February 2020). We opened no official current rate schedule and found no report of a change, so treat these as the last published figures and confirm the current rate with the Sub-Registrar. Collector rates matter as much: The Tribune reported on 13 August 2025 that rates had been raised 5% to 50% in 12 districts, a list that does not include Tarn Taran, and that further rises were on hold (The Tribune, August 2025). We did not find the village-wise Tarn Taran list, so look up the village rate before pricing an offer.
Know the belt
What is moving prices in Tarn Taran
No sourced price evidence for the district. The cards below say what we looked at and what a buyer should collect.
Prices: no sourced series
No per-acre figure sourced
We looked for a dated registered-rate, collector-rate or compensation figure for Tarn Taran farmland in October 2026 and found none in official or news sources, so we publish no band and quote no asking prices.
Check: registered deeds from the same village and the Collector rate; there is no published band to anchor on.
Expressway spur is a story, not a price
Amritsar spur: no dated land-price evidence
The Tribune reported on 30 April 2025 that NHAI officials tried to take possession of land for the Delhi–Amritsar–Katra highway in villages around Goindwal Sahib, with police from Tarn Taran and other districts present, and that the Deputy Commissioner said 21.6 km of a 30 km stretch had been acquired (The Tribune, April 2025). We found no report of land-price changes along the spur.
Check: whether any premium quoted near a Goindwal Sahib or Khadur Sahib access point is supported by a registered deed.
Border fence: a price variable, not a price
Relocation survey ordered Apr 2026
Parcels beyond the fence are reached through BSF-controlled gates in fixed hours, so they are not like fenced land. If the fence moves, status may change, but no timeline, acreage or compensation has been announced.
Check: which side of the fence the khasra number lies on, and the access hours.
Collector rates to check
Aug 2025: 12 districts raised; Tarn Taran not listed
The Tribune said on 13 August 2025 that rates rose 5–50% in 12 named districts and that further proposals were on hold (The Tribune, August 2025). A village in Tarn Taran may still carry an older rate or a later notification we did not find.
Check: the current village rate, because stamp duty follows the higher of the deal value and the Collector rate.
Units: acre, kanal, marla
Punjab farmland is sold by the acre (also called a killa), and small plots by the kanal or marla. One kanal is 20 marla and 8 kanal make an acre; the fard and jamabandi show kanal-marla, so convert every quote to acres before comparing two offers.
Connectivity
How Tarn Taran connects — road, rail and air
We found no commercial airport in Tarn Taran and no route-checked distances, so none is given.
By road
By air
By rail & metro
Tarn Taran is a road-first district whose value depends on how a parcel reaches the main roads and, if built, the expressway spur. Ask for the NHAI interchange and service-road plan before paying a premium. Full Punjab rules for buyers from outside the state: Punjab state guide and the state-wise land law guides.
Growth catalysts
Upcoming infrastructure & developments
Status labels reflect sources read in October 2026. Government-announced timelines are not guaranteed; items marked confirm rest on a single or dated source.
00Operational corridors
03Planned or pending
Agriculture & terrain
Soil, crops & water in Tarn Taran
A double-cropped paddy-wheat plain with canal and tubewell irrigation, falling water tables and a Beas–Sutlej flood edge.
🌾 Paddy-wheat plains
The ICAR-CRIDA contingency plan (rice and wheat areas are for 2008-09, so dated) gives rice on 169,000 hectares and wheat on 269,000 hectares, a net sown area of 218,000 hectares and a cropping intensity of 182%; soils are roughly 45% fine loamy, 40% mixed coarse and fine loamy and 15% coarse loamy (ICAR-CRIDA plan). The state agriculture department reports an intensity above 200% and says some land gives three crops (Punjab Agriculture Department). The district portal warns that soils are saline and alkaline with low fertility.
- Rice
- Wheat
- Maize
- Cotton (minor)
- Double cropped
💧 Canal and tubewell water
All net sown area is irrigated: 60% by canals and 40% by tubewells per the state agriculture department, against 114,000 hectares of canal and 59,076 tubewells irrigating about 104,000 hectares in the CRIDA plan. The CGWB district plan says canals irrigate about 71% of Patti block and 59% of Tarn Taran block (CGWB). Rainfall figures conflict: 482.9 mm (agriculture department), about 545 mm (CGWB) and 712.7 mm (CRIDA), so ask local farmers rather than trust any one number.
- Canals
- Tubewells
- Unlined channels
- Rainfall data conflict
🌊 Beas and Sutlej flood edge
The Beas and Sutlej meet near Harike on the district's southern edge. The Tribune named Tarn Taran among districts flooded in late August 2025 (The Tribune, August 2025), and a PTI report said farmers around Khadoor Sahib saw paddy and fodder flooded when the Beas swelled (The Week (PTI), August 2025). The CRIDA plan, by contrast, records no flood history and treats waterlogging after heavy rain as the main risk. We found no district-level count of villages or hectares for 2025, so ask for the village flood and waterlogging history before buying.
- Beas
- Sutlej
- Aug 2025
- Waterlogging
💧 Groundwater
The CGWB district plan (data as of March 2011) puts district extraction at 182%, with all eight blocks over-exploited: Naushera Pannuan 210%, Patti 209%, Tarn Taran 194%, Gandiwind 181%, Chohla Sahib 172%, Bhikhiwind 170%, Khadoor Sahib 168% and Valtoha 166%. It records a decline of about 0.45 m a year from 2002 to 2011 (CGWB). The 2024 statewide assessment puts Punjab at 156.87% with 115 of 153 units over-exploited and lists Tarn Taran among districts with sporadic fluoride, nitrate, arsenic and uranium anomalies in groundwater (CGWB, December 2024). The block numbers are old: ask for the current category and borewell depth for the village.
📐 Measurement units
Punjab land units: 1 acre (killa) = 8 kanal; 1 kanal = 20 marla. Convert every quote to acres before comparing two offers. Wholesale crop prices are published on the Agmarknet portal.
At a glance
Tarn Taran vs. its neighbours
| District / belt | Price signal* | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tarn Taran | No sourced price | No dated registered or collector rate found |
| Amritsar | Collector rates raised 5–60% in places (reported, August 2025) | The Tribune, August 2025; see the |
| Kapurthala | Collector rates raised within a 5–50% range (reported, August 2025) | See the Kapurthala page |
| Ferozepur | Not compared here | See the Ferozepur page |
*Collector-rate movements as reported by The Tribune on 13 August 2025 (The Tribune, August 2025); they are not market prices and not like-for-like. Tarn Taran has no sourced price series. See the Amritsar page for the parent district from which it was carved.
Farmland India view
Why investors look at Tarn Taran
Four points that rest on location and projects, and one honest note: there is no price evidence to test them against.
A district on a planned expressway spur
If the Amritsar spur reaches the district, access points could change. Delivery targets have slipped and the alignment is not confirmed from an official page, so this is a catalyst to watch, not to pay for.
Highly productive double-cropped land
Cropping intensity of 182% to over 200% and full irrigation describe a productive farm district, though water costs and falling water tables are the trade-off.
Pilgrimage-town demand base
Tarn Taran Sahib and Goindwal Sahib are Sikh pilgrimage towns, a local buyer base in principle, but we found no price data to size it.
Border land with a possible change
Thousands of hectares lie beyond the fence and the Centre has started a relocation survey. The outcome could change access, but it is a long-dated and unquantified catalyst.
A market that rewards paperwork
With CLU, fence, flood and Collector-rate questions all parcel-specific, and no published band to lean on, a buyer who documents each question is better placed than one relying on a broker.
Confirm CLU, acquisition, flood and Collector-rate status directly; these are not certified by Farmland India’s review.
STRAIGHT TALK
Risks & challenges in Tarn Taran
Read these before shortlisting in Tarn Taran specifically.
No price evidence
We found no sourced price series and no award rate. Without comparables a buyer cannot tell a fair ask from an expectation. Collect registered deeds.
Land beyond the fence
Access is by BSF gates in set hours with identity cards and escort. Check the khasra against the fence line and the legal status of access before you pay.
Flood and waterlogging
The Beas and Sutlej flooded parts of the district in August 2025 and no district count is public in the sources we read. Walk the parcel, check the village history and ask about the embankment (dhussi bund) nearby.
Over-exploited groundwater
All eight blocks were classed over-exploited in the CGWB district plan, which uses 2011 data and records the water table falling 0.45 m a year. Check borewell depth and the current block category.
Expressway not yet built
The Tribune's August 2024 report put the Punjab spurs at 6.58% to 13.8% complete and blamed delays on land acquisition. Price on what is open today.
CLU and unauthorised colonies
Farmhouse-ready labels do not prove CLU. Ask for the CLU order and for NOC and layout approval on any plot.
Eco-sensitive Harike edge
The Harike sanctuary and its 100-metre eco-sensitive zone restrict uses on nearby land. Ask the forest and wildlife department about any riverside parcel.
Who to contact
Local revenue, planning & development offices
Mutation and revenue-record matters go through the Tehsildar of the relevant tehsil or sub-tehsil (Tarn Taran, Patti, Khadur Sahib; Jhabal, Chohla Sahib, Khem Karan, Bhikiwind, Goindwal Sahib). CLU and layout approval go through the Punjab planning authority, and sale-deed registration is handled by the local Sub-Registrar. The district administration site is tarntaran.nic.in. Records are held by the Punjab Land Records Society and the Punjab Revenue Department; we opened the Revenue Department home page but not its rate pages, and we did not confirm a Collector-rate look-up page for Tarn Taran.
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COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
Everything buyers, NRIs and investors ask before their first reviewed farmland purchase in Tarn Taran.
Visit full wiki01 of 04
What does agricultural land cost in Tarn Taran?
We found no sourced price series for Tarn Taran farmland in October 2026, so we publish no band. The Tribune reported collector-rate rises of 5% to 50% in 12 districts in August 2025; Tarn Taran was not among them.
02 of 04
Can I buy land beyond the border fence in Tarn Taran?
The Punjab agriculture department says about 4,192 hectares of the district lie beyond the border wiring, and farmers cross only during BSF-set hours with identity cards. We found no official bar on selling such land, but access is controlled, so ask the Sub-Registrar and the Deputy Commissioner in writing before paying.
03 of 04
Did the 2025 floods affect Tarn Taran?
Yes: The Tribune named Tarn Taran among districts flooded in August 2025 and The Week (PTI) reported paddy flooded near Khadoor Sahib. We found no district-level village or hectare count, so check each parcel’s flood history.
04 of 04
Who can buy agricultural land in Tarn Taran?
We found no domicile bar, so an Indian citizen can buy within the Punjab Land Reforms Act limit (7 hectares of two-crop irrigated land in the official text; amendments after 1976 unconfirmed). NRIs and OCIs cannot buy agricultural land under FEMA.
Transparency
Sources and references
Law and courts
- Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1972 (ss. 4, 12), Punjab Land Records Society, text opened October 2026
- Punjab Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill 2017, Punjab Vidhan Sabha, 28 Nov 2017
- Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, India Code
- Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2024, PRS Legislative Research
- Suraj Lamp & Industries v State of Haryana, Supreme Court, 11 Oct 2011
Government
- About the district, Tarn Taran district portal, opened October 2026
- Census of India 2011, Table A-2 (population by district)
- District profile, Punjab Agriculture Department, opened October 2026
- Land use statistics for 5 years, Punjab Agriculture Department
- Tarn Taran district groundwater plan, Central Ground Water Board (data to 2015)
- Dynamic Ground Water Resources and Quality of Punjab 2024, Central Ground Water Board, December 2024
- Groundwater assessment 2025, Press Information Bureau, 18 Dec 2025
- Tarn Taran district contingency plan, ICAR-CRIDA, 2011
- Harike Wildlife Sanctuary, Punjab Wildlife Department
- Master Direction FED 12/2015-16 on immovable property under FEMA, Reserve Bank of India
- Centre starts process to move border fencing in Punjab, News On AIR, 13 Apr 2026
- Balance for award list, National Highways Authority of India, 1 Mar 2026
- Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway status, Press Information Bureau, 7 Feb 2024
- Rajya Sabha reply on Punjab floods, Ministry of Home Affairs, 3 Dec 2025
- Land pooling policy page, GMADA
- Stamp duty chapter, Report No. 3 of 2019 (Revenue Sector, Punjab), Comptroller and Auditor General
- Department of Revenue and Rehabilitation, Punjab: e-services and notifications list, opened October 2026
- Monsoon 2026 report, India Meteorological Department, Chandigarh
News
- Relief for farmers as fence to move closer to IB, The Tribune, 18 Jan 2026
- Drone survey of Punjab Land Preservation Act area begins, The Tribune, 27 Oct 2022
- Punjab flood situation worsens, The Tribune, 28 Aug 2025
- Water in villages of Punjab, The Week (PTI), 16 Aug 2025
- What NHAI expressway travel-time targets really mean, Business Today, 8 Sep 2026
- Barring Punjab, Delhi-Katra e-way almost complete in most states, The Tribune, 23 Aug 2024
- Land acquisition for Amritsar-Katra expressway attracts farmers wrath, The Tribune, 30 Apr 2025
- Why Punjab keeps rewriting its land pooling policy, The Tribune, 24 Jun 2026
- Proposals to raise collector rates put on back burner, The Tribune, 13 Aug 2025
- Cash-strapped state hikes collector rates, The Tribune, 8 Aug 2024
- Government to impose 1% cess on registration, The Tribune, 8 Feb 2020
- Punjab amends rule to bar misuse of stamp duty rebate for women, The Statesman, 18 Jun 2018
- Now, NOC not needed to register land deeds, The Tribune, 25 Oct 2024
- Plots can be registered without NOC till 31 August, The Tribune, 1 Mar 2025
- High Court halts plot registrations without mandatory NOC, PTC News, 20 Mar 2025
- Government stalls registration of plots without NOC, The Tribune, 13 May 2025
- Govt rolls out Easy Jamabandi portal, The Tribune, 13 Jun 2025
Further reading
- Punjab groundwater crisis: 52% more extraction than availability, Down To Earth, 4 Sep 2026
- Abolition of NOC to benefit only regularised colonies, The Tribune, 8 Feb 2024
- Direct flights between Amritsar and London resume, The Tribune, 1 Nov 2025
- Property dealers demand rollback of hike in collector rates, The Tribune, 19 Jun 2024
Data-currency note: census figures reflect 2011, the latest full Census. Crop and rainfall figures come from ICAR-CRIDA (2004-09) and the CGWB district plan (2011) and are dated; the 2024 groundwater assessment gives state-level figures only. Infrastructure statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly. The stamp-duty figures are the last published ones we found, and no official current rate schedule or Collector-rate list opened for us. This is a general guide, not legal advice. Report inaccuracies to wiki@farmlandindia.com.
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