The amendments to the Kerala Government Land Assignment Act, 1960, which the Assembly passed unanimously last week, will bring about an end to the discrimination with regard to land use that the people living in the high ranges have been suffering for over six decades, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said.
Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, he said that through the amendments the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government was honouring the commitment that the front had made in the 2021 election manifesto.
Prior to the 1960 Act, no statutory provisions existed in Malabar, which was part of the Madras State. As per the Act, land was allotted mainly for agricultural purposes and house construction only. In the later years, construction activities including hospitals, educational institutions, cooperatives, places of worship, small businesses and other commercial establishments built as a means of livelihood were carried out in the assigned lands.
