The Chhattisgarh government on Monday (December 9, 2025) amended the provisions of a recent order on land valuations after it triggered a major backlash over new guideline rates.
A guideline rate is the minimum value set by the State government for property registration. In the latest order, the government has revised some provisions in the earlier one while agreeing to “review objections “ to others, crucially, the one on increased guidelines rates.
On November 19, the government had announced that it had undertaken a “comprehensive, scientific and rational revision of guideline rates across the state”. This included several provisions on guideline rates and value calculations, which people objected to.
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