category Regional, chandigarh, , tags Regional, chandigarh, , DW BUREAU Chandigarh The Haryana cabinet on Wednesday amended the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Rules 1964 allowing gram panchayats to lease out village common land to philanthropic societies or charitable institutions that want to establish gaushalas, biogas plants and veterinary hospitals. The gram panchayats will also be able to lease out the shamlat deh land (village land reserved and used for common purposes) to philanthropic societies or charitable institutions which want to establish research and training centres, panchgavya products, and also for the cultivation of fodder. Panchgavya represents milk, urine, dung, ghee and curd, derived from cow, and has medicinal importance in Ayurveda and traditional Indian clinical practices. Philanthropic societies or charitable institutions who want to establish gaushala, biogas plant, panchgavya products, veterinary hospital and research and training centre and for the cultivation of fodder will now be able to get the shamlat deh land on lease basis for a period of up to 20 years as the government has amended rule 6, sub-rule (2A) of Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Rules, 1964. In a gaushala, the lessee shall have to house and maintain at least 50 per cent stray cattle of the total cattle population at all points of time during the lease period, said an official statement. A decision to this regard was taken in a meeting of Haryana cabinet here, which was chaired by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. These rules will now be called the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Haryana Amendment Rules, 2023, the statement said. After the said amendment, now the gram panchayat will be allowed to lease out its land by way of allotment for a period up to 20 years at the rate not less than Rs 5,100 per acre per year to charitable organization, with a history of philanthropic contributions to society and whose antecedents have been verified and which is recommended by the District Level Committee and the Haryana Gau Sewa Aayog. Any land in shamlat deh will be allowed to be leased out for establishment of gaushala in the ratio of 0.75 acre for every 100 cattle (minimum 50 per cent must be stray cattle) proposed to be housed after construction of gaushala, it said. Any land in shamlat deh will be allowed to be leased out at the rate of 2 acres land to a gaushala having 1,500 cattle (minimum 50 per cent must be stray cattle) for the purposes such as biogas plant, panchgavya products, veterinary hospital, research training centre only. (editor dailyworld.in)