File photo : Agriculture Minister Thammanat Prompao
The first batch of land title deeds, to be officially named “land title deed for agriculture”, upgraded from “sor por kor 4-01” land certificate, is expected to be distributed to farmers on January 15, Agriculture Minister Thammanat Prompao announced today (Tuesday).
He said that the Land Reform Committee had approved, in principle, the proposal to upgrade “sor por kor 4-01” land certificates to land title deeds, in accordance with the Land Reform Act for Agriculture, adding that a sub-committee has been formed to review the law and regulations pertaining to occupation rights of land under the land reform program.
He said that three sets of regulations on land reform will be put up for public hearings, to gauge the opinions of farmers and other stakeholders, ahead of the drafting the final regulations, which will be…