Mon State Government will provide a 30-year land rental grant in villages that have never experienced land issues, stated head of Mon State General Administration Department at 100-day Project meeting at State Government Office’s Aung San Hall, last week.
The 30-year land grant project covers ten villages spread across respective townships throughout Mon State.
“The 30-year land grant will be provided by the Home Affairs department at a ratio of one village per township. Those villages are on a list of village land records of the Home Affairs ministry and those villages are eligible for the grant as they have no negative land issues,” said U Myint Thant Win, the chief director of Mon State General Adminstration Department, at the 100-day project meeting on May 31.
The 30-year land grant project for the 10 villages covers 415.268 acres of land and 699 land plots over 147.551 acres in the respective village, according to U Myint Thant Win.
The land grant project will only be provided to:
(1) those who are 18 years old or over, a citizen of Burma and living in the village tract,
(2) he/she must hold a current citizenship identification (ID),
(3) he/she must hold household form (66/6), and
(4) if he/she is a migrant holding Form (10) [settled from other villages], he/she will be only be eligible for the grant if he/she has lived there at least 12 years already.
“It is not like providing a land rent grant for the whole village. In our village, there is land free from a ]custom] tax. Consequently, the land grant project will be on custom-free land. Before, there was a village on that land,” said Nai Taung Hein, chief administrator of Village Custom [tax], in Mudon Township.
Nai Taung Hein added that the land grant for Ah Khon Village, Mudon Township, will cover 4 land acres in the village and be available for 18 household plots. However, the land record office has not yet measured the land. Another part of the land for the 100 households is currently grassland and that won’t be covered by the land grant project.
The applicants of the land-grant project will follow 9 rules, including:
(1) He/she must fill out the application form,
(2) the application form must be over 15 days since the opposing announcement,
(3) recommendation letter from the village tract administrator,
(4) and he/she must submit the application at the meeting of Township/district/state management committee.
The 30-year land grant project covers 10 villages in respective townships across Mon State. Those villages are Than Thadar Village, in Kyaikhto Township, Ah-naing Pon Village in Belin Township, Chaungwa Village, in Thaton Township, Ye-zu Kwat Htit Village, in Paung Township, Kaw Kha Po Village, in Moulmein Township, Mu Rit Gyi Village, in Chaungzone Township, Paw Village, in Kyaikmayaw Township, Ah Khon Village, in Mudon Township, Pa-dar Ngan Village, Thanbyuzayat Township and Hnit Sone Village, Ye Township.
According to 2014’s census record, Mon State has 2 districts, 10 townships, 16 towns, 100 wards, 368 village tracts and 1147 villages.
