North India Statesman
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Balrampur, December 15: The state government has taken a big step towards removing the long standing inequalities regarding land values in Chhattisgarh. New guideline rates have been issued for the year 2025-26, which have become effective in the entire state from November 20, 2025. An attempt has been made to reflect the actual market value of land in rural and urban areas through these rates approved by the Central Valuation Board under the guidance of Inspector General of Registration and Superintendent of Stamps.
This revision, done at an interval of about six years after the year 2019-20, is being considered comprehensive and in public interest. Its objective is not just to increase rates, but to make the land market more realistic by removing anomalies that have persisted for years. An average increase of 109 percent has been recorded in the rates of land adjacent to main roads in rural areas and about 105 percent in interior areas. This increase is said to be the result of scientific rationalization done among different villages.
Many such villages were found in Balrampur district, where the guideline rates fixed earlier were much lower than the actual market price. For example, in Tambeshwarnagar village during the year 2019-20, the main road rate was only Rs 6.28 lakh per hectare, whereas in the nearby Aaragahi village the same rate was Rs 34.27 lakh per hectare. Both the villages are located near National Highway 343. After the new revaluation, the main road rate of Tambeshwarnagar was fixed at Rs 51.52 lakh per hectare, registering an increase of more than 700 percent.
Similarly, in Lurghutta village, the level has been increased by 711 percent on the main road and by 413 percent in the interior parts. In Nawadih village, the rates on the main road have increased by 568 percent and on the inside by 326 percent. Both these villages are connected to the National Highway and are considered important from investment point of view due to their proximity to tourism and business areas like Tatapani.
Land values were also revised in Bhawanipur village, where an increase of 554 per cent was recorded on the main road and 411 per cent in the interior area. This village falls in an area with investment potential and earlier its rates were much lower than the surrounding villages. Similarly, in the development block headquarters Ramchandrapur, where the state highway passes, the rates on the main road have also been increased by up to 300 percent. Since the survey rate here was already high, price revision was considered necessary.
There has been a comprehensive revision of the guideline rates in urban areas also. The rates of main roads and interior areas in all the urban bodies of Balrampur district have been increased by an average of 20 percent. Many wards in Balrampur Nagar are connected to National Highway 343, where earlier there was a huge difference in land prices in different wards on the same road.
These discrepancies have been removed under the new guidelines. For example, the per square meter rate in Ravindra Pratap Singh Ward was Rs 5740, whereas in Ward 03 located on the same main road, the rate was only Rs 1830 per square meter. Now on the basis of new delimitation and ward wise assessment, the rates of both the wards have been revised as per the actual market situation.
In view of the increasing population, demand for residential plots, expansion of business activities and rapid pace of urbanization in the last five years, this revision was considered necessary in urban areas. For this, new rates were fixed ward-wise with the help of municipality employees, Patwaris and technical resources.
Experts believe that the new guideline rates will make the land market more transparent and balanced. This will help farmers in rural areas to get fair prices at the time of land acquisition, while planned development in urban areas will be promoted. This scientific pricing will create a strong base for the economic development of the state.
