Who Owns Most Land in India: Do you know who owns the most land in India? The land has always been a symbol of property, strength and social status. That is why there were many wars and disputes about land in history. The importance of land increases even more in a large and population country (about 32.9 lakh square kilometers of area). This is not only the backbone of development of villages and cities, but is also deeply associated with culture, trade and progress of the country. In such a situation, know who is the largest landlord of India and how much land it has?
The largest landlord in India is the government. Because the most land is the reason for the government that it is considered the biggest land owner in the country. After this, the Catholic Church of India is at number two. According to the Government Land Information System (GLIS) report, by February 2021, the Government of India had about 15,531 square kilometers of land. The land is divided with 116 public undertakings and 51 central ministries.
The Catholic Church in India has about 7 crore hectares (about 17.29 million acres) of land. Churches, schools and other institutions are built on this land. Its price is said to be more than Rs 1 lakh crore.
The land that the Government of India has, it is bigger than many countries. For example, it is Qatar (11,586 sq km), Bahamas (13,943 sq km), Jamaica (10,991 sq km), Lebanon (10,452 sq km), Gambia (11,295 sq km), Cyprus (9,251 sq km), Brunei (5,765 sq km), Bahrain (7765 sq km), Brunei (778 km) (726 sq km) is more than countries like sq.
The Catholic Church was given large scale land under the 1927 Indian Church Act at the time of British rule. At that time, many Christian institutions were given land on a very modest rent in the name of promoting religion propagation. However, in 1965, the Government of India issued a circular and said that the lease given in the British period will no longer be valid. Even today there is a dispute over some properties of the church.