AAP withdraws land pooling policy

The AAP government in Punjab withdrew its land pooling policy Monday in the face of stiff opposition from rival political parties and farmer bodies.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Although the government had been vehemently defending the policy, the Punjab and Haryana High Court, a few days ago, ordered an interim stay on its implementation for four weeks.

According to the now-scrapped policy, a land owner would be given a 1,000 square yard residential plot and a 200 square yard commercial plot in fully developed land in lieu of one acre of land.