Ulaanbaatar
8013 ha land to be granted to families
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ During its regular meeting on March 29, Wednesday, the Cabinet reviewed the 2017 land allotment plans of Citizens’ Representative Khurals of aimags and the capital city.
In 2017, 8013.52 ha area is scheduled to be granted to families and 39.39 ha area for agricultural use.
17 percent of the land up for family ownership is currently owned by the families, 74 percent will be owned newly and 9 percent is constituted by land to be allotted along national highways. 88 percent of agricultural land will be allotted for vegetable planting and the rest 12 percent will be used for other agricultural purposes; and no administrative unit has proposed land ownership for seed plants.
Since 2003 when Law of Mongolia on Land came into effect, 17.57 percent of Mongolian population and 62.54 percent of the total households have claimed land ownership until 2017. Last year alone, 44 thousand people were granted ownership of 6109 ha land.
