Common land to nurture natural agriculture, empower landless in Haryana

Panchkula, Oct 22 (UNI) In a significant step linking sustainable agriculture with opportunities for the landless, the Haryana Government has amended its village common land rules to reserve a portion of cultivable shamilat deh land for natural farming by eligible landless beneficiaries. The move brings a defined land-allocation requirement into the state's framework for leasing village common land and formally recognises natural farming in the rules. Under the Haryana Village Common Lands (Regulation) Fifth Amendment Rules, 2026, at least one acre or 10 per cent of the land available and proposed to be leased for cultivation, whichever is higher, must…