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All Pillar →Who may buy agricultural land, what the ceiling limits are, and how tenancy and revenue codes differ across Rajasthan, Haryana, UP, Uttarakhand, Himachal and Punjab.
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What NRIs and OCIs may and may not buy under FEMA 1999, the inheritance route into agricultural land, repatriation rules, power of attorney, and TDS on NRI sales.
9 articles
Bigha, kanal, biswa, marla, nali and guntha vary by state and often by district. Conversion tables, calculators and the local rules behind each unit across North India.
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Khasra, khatauni, jamabandi, shajra nasab and bhu-naksha explained - what each record proves, how to read one, and where to pull it from each state's portal.
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Where farmhouses are permitted, construction norms and setbacks, utilities and borewells, and how gated farm estates and managed farmland models are structured.
8 articles
The twelve-step checklist for examining land before you buy - title chain, encumbrance search, litigation checks, revenue records and physical demarcation on site.
7 articles
Circle and DLC rates, stamp duty and registration charges, capital gains and the exemptions under Sections 54B and 54F, and TDS under 194-IA - the full cost of a deal.
6 articles
Circle rate versus market rate, benchmarking a price against comparables, what actually drives appreciation, and how to model yield and returns on a land holding.
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The common reasons change of land use (CLU) applications are refused in Haryana, Punjab and neighbouring states, and what a buyer should check first.
What the Registration Act 1908 requires for land deals: Section 17 documents, the four-month window, Section 49 effect and farmland pitfalls.
How heirs get a deceased owner’s name replaced in the Jamabandi: documents, process, objections, wills, disputes and why mutation is not title.
Who owns groundwater under farmland, when a borewell needs permission, and how canal water and state water laws affect a farmland buyer in North India.
How the Forest Conservation Act, now the Van Adhiniyam, reaches private land, and the checks to run on wooded or Aravalli plots before you pay.
What an eco-sensitive zone restricts, how the Supreme Court treated the 1 km buffer, and how to check whether a plot near a sanctuary falls inside one.
How Nishandehi works, when to ask for boundary demarcation before buying farmland, and how revenue officials and private surveys fit together.
Khasra, khatauni, jamabandi, shamlat, intkal, patwari and more: an English decoder for land terms used across Rajasthan, Haryana, UP, Punjab and the hills.
When a buyer must deduct TDS on a property purchase under Section 194-IA, why agricultural land is excluded, and how NRI sellers fall under Section 195.
How NRIs can look after farmland and farmhouse plots in India from abroad: records, caretakers, boundaries, tenancy risk and a yearly checklist.
How Indian banks treat agricultural land as loan security: title checks, mortgage types, the SARFAESI exclusion, recovery routes and borrower tips.
How double sales and forged land records work, the law on priority and forgery, red flags to spot before paying, and what to do if you are caught.
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