Haryana Land Pooling Policy 2026: Cabinet Approves 50 Percent Share for Landowners

The Haryana Cabinet on Tuesday approved the Land Pooling Policy 2026, under which landowners will be offered 50 percent of a project’s total saleable area, as per the approved layout plan, while the remaining 50 percent will be retained by the development organisation. The decision, taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, replaces the earlier provisions under the Land Pooling Policy 2022, which had linked the landowners’ share to market value. The new policy is intended to make landowners partners in planned urban growth, giving them a fixed and transparent share of the developed project instead of a value decided case by case.

Of the landowners’ 50 percent share, commercial sites will be offered in accordance with the prescribed entitlement, while the remaining area will be allotted as residential, industrial or institutional plots, depending on the purpose of the project. The policy also provides for annual interim financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh per acre, proportionate to the land contributed, for four years from the date of registration of the sale deed. This payment is meant to support landowners during the period between handing over their land and receiving their developed plots, so that they are not left without income while the project is built.

The project completion period has been reduced from five years to four years under the new policy, and the development organisation will be required to complete infrastructure facilities within four years from the date of final approval of the project. The minimum sizes of developed plots to be offered to landowners have been fixed at 100 square metres for residential plots, 250 square metres for industrial plots and 500 square metres for institutional plots. The policy also fixes the land aggregator’s remuneration at 0.5 percent of the collector rate for agricultural land in the concerned revenue estate, and land pooling through e-Bhoomi has been excluded from the new policy.

For Haryana’s growing cities and towns, the policy matters because planned development needs land, and landowners have often been reluctant to part with agricultural holdings without a clear and fair return. By fixing a 50 percent share of saleable area, the government aims to give landowners a direct stake in the value created by development, rather than a one-time compensation payment. The interim assistance of Rs 1 lakh per acre per year adds a steady income during construction, and the shorter four-year completion deadline is designed to ensure that landowners do not wait indefinitely for their plots.

Officials say the policy will support the orderly expansion of urban areas, with proper layouts, roads and services, instead of unplanned growth on the edges of cities. Landowners who join a pooling project will receive developed plots in the same project area, which they can use, sell or build on once the project is complete. The Cabinet’s approval of the policy on Tuesday is part of a series of decisions taken for the state’s development, and the detailed rules and procedures for applying under the policy will follow through the concerned departments.