The government has vowed to allow farmers to turn their Sor Por Kor 4-01 papers into title deeds on more than 22 million rai of land early next year.
On Oct 12, the Agricultural Land Reform Committee (ALRC) agreed in principle with a plan to revise its regulations to allow Sor Por Kor 4-01 landholders to convert their land reform papers into title deeds.
Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Capt Thamanat Prompow, who chaired the meeting, said the first batch of land title deeds will be given as a New Year gift to Thai farmers by Jan 15.
The provincial agricultural land reform offices are also expected to issue title deeds to all farmers in all 70 provinces within a year, Capt Thamanat said.
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The upgrade of the Sor Por Kor papers into title deeds must follow various laws — the 1975 Agricultural Land Reform Act, the ALRC regulations on…
