Buy land in Rajasthan

Who can buy agricultural land? We found no farmer-only clause in the Rajasthan Imposition of Ceiling on Agricultural Holding Act, 1973 or in the first 100,000 characters (of about 108,700) of the Tenancy Act, 1955, apart from the Section 42 bar described below. Clause (a) of Section 42 was omitted with effect from 11 November 1992. Whether any residency or farmer test applies to a particular parcel should be checked with the Sub-Registrar before an advance is paid.

Ceiling limits still apply: Section 4(1) of the Ceiling Act sets, for a family of up to five members, 18 acres of land under assured irrigation that can grow two crops a year and 27 acres where it can grow one crop. Unirrigated land is capped by zone: 48 acres in the fertile zone, 54 in the semi-fertile zone, 125 in the semi-desert zone and 175 in the desert zone (the hilly-zone figure is unclear in the printed text). The ceiling rises by one-fifth for each member beyond five, up to twice the base. Section 17(1) bars acquiring land that takes a holding past the ceiling, and Section 17(2) requires declarations from buyer and seller before the transfer document is registered. The India Code text records amendments up to 2020, so the current schedule needs checking.

SC/ST khatedar land, Section 42 of the Tenancy Act: under clause (b), a sale, gift or bequest of khatedari rights by a Scheduled Caste member to a person outside that community, or by a Scheduled Tribe member to a person outside that tribe, is void; clause (bb) adds the Saharia tribe (Tenancy Act). In State of Rajasthan v. Aanjaney Organic Herbal Pvt. Ltd., Civil Appeals 6741-6742 of 2012, the Supreme Court held on 20 September 2012 that a sale by an SC member to a company was void (Supreme Court, September 2012). In February 2025 the Rajasthan High Court held again that a non-SC/ST buyer cannot acquire khatedari rights by adverse possession (LiveLaw, February 2025). The seller's community should be read from the jamabandi before any money moves.

Conversion for non-agricultural use, Section 90A: Section 90A of the Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956 requires permission before agricultural land is put to non-agricultural use, building included. The State Government decides after an inquiry, the holder pays urban assessment or a premium, and use without permission exposes the holder to ejectment under Section 91 or to a penalty (Indian Kanoon text of Section 90A; the India Code copy could not be opened). The Rajasthan High Court noted in February 2022 that the government may regularise unauthorised conversions (LiveLaw, February 2022). For rural land, the 2007 conversion rules name the deciding officer by use and size: the Tehsildar for a residential unit up to 2,500 sq m, the Sub-Divisional Officer, Collector or State Government for larger plots. A complete application is to be decided within 90 days, and the converted land used within five years (Rules 9(3) and 14(1), Revenue Department rules, 2019 compilation). Later amendments to the rules were not read.

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, in Rajasthan as elsewhere (RBI Master Direction, updated to 1 September 2022). The inheritance clauses carry no such exclusion, and residential or commercial plots are not on the excluded list.

🚗 By road from Delhi NCR

✈️ By air

🚆 By rail

🛣 The corridor itself

The Delhi–Mumbai Expressway runs 373 km through Rajasthan, across Alwar, Dausa and Kota; Gurugram to Dausa is reported open and the Kota section was among the last gaps (Tribune, June 2026). See the full route, current construction status and land-impact analysis in our Delhi–Mumbai Expressway wiki guide.

Open in part · Kota section pending

Delhi–Mumbai Expressway, Rajasthan section

373 km across Alwar, Dausa and Kota, with Gurugram to Dausa reported open (Tribune, June 2026). In January 2026 the Dausa–Kota stretch was reported due by Holi (Patrika, January 2026), and in July 2026 the Kota tunnel was reported scheduled to open in August (Business Today, July 2026). We found no report confirming that opening.

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Phase 1 under construction · Alwar not scheduled

Delhi–Gurugram–SNB RRTS and Alwar extension

A rail-industry profile lists Phase 1, Delhi to SNB, as under construction with a 2028 target (RailwayNews.net, May 2026). In May 2026 IANS reported that Rajasthan and Haryana had agreed on an Alwar extension, 91 km in Rajasthan with six proposed stations and no construction schedule (Punjab Kesari/IANS, May 2026). We found no sanction order.

Reported open to flights

Noida International Airport (Jewar)

ETV Bharat reported on 14 June 2026 that commercial flights would begin on 15 June with IndiGo (ETV Bharat, June 2026). No distance from the airport to Alwar is sourced here.

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Planning stage · appraisal

Modified Parbati–Kalisindh–Chambal link with ERCP

Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh signed an MoU with the Jal Shakti Ministry on 28 January 2024. In December 2024 the Ministry told the Lok Sabha the project was at DPR stage with no cost estimate, and listed 21 Rajasthan districts to benefit, among them Alwar, Dausa and Sawai Madhopur (Lok Sabha, December 2024). A December 2025 report said the Rajasthan DPRs were under Central Water Commission appraisal and the project was not being considered as a national project (NBM&CW, December 2025).