Area of defence land under Ministry of Defence State UT-wise details 

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE 

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 425
TO BE ANSWERED ON 03rd February, 2023

AREA OF DEFENCE LAND

 425. SHRI AJAY NISHAD 
 
Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

(a) the estimated area of defence land under his Ministry, State-wise and region-wise;

(b) the total area of defence land acquired by the Ministry after independence of the country;

(c) the estimated area of available defence land, institution/organisation-wise and the estimated area of defence land which has been transferred to other agencies/institutions till date;

(d) whether the Government has transferred or accorded approval for the transfer of defence land to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan for the construction of Kendriya Vidyalaya in some parts of the country; and

(e) if so, the details thereof alongwith the terms and conditions laid down in this regard?

ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE (SHRI AJAY BHATT) IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(a): The estimated area of defence land under Ministry of Defence is 18.11 lakh acres. State/UT wise details of the same are given as Annexure-I.

(b): The total area of defence land acquired by  the  Ministry  after  Independence  including transfer of land from State Governments and other Central Government Ministries/Departments etc. is 13.85 lakh acres.
AREA OF DEFENCE LAND
(c): The Service-wise details of estimated area of defence land is given as Annexure-II. The estimated area of defence land which has been transferred to other agencies/ institutions, by way of permanent transfer, lease or on license basis during the last 03 financial years i.e. w.e.f. 2019- 20 till 31.12.2022, is approximately 2100 acres.

(d) & (e): The Government has approved transfer of defence land to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan in 02 cases for construction of Kendriya Vidyalayas during the last 03 financial years (including the current financial year up to 31.12.2022). These transfers are on terms of long term lease, without any premium and rent of Re. 1/- per annum. Leases to KV Sangathan are given as per terms and conditions contained in MoD policy letter No. PC(2) to MF. No. 125/25/ADM/L&C/888-C/D(GS.II) dated 24.05.1976 and policy letter No. 3(4)/85/1900- B/D(GS-II)/85 dated 15.07.1985.

In addition, Government has also accorded working permission for transfer of land on payment of market value to State Government of Uttar Pradesh for construction of Kendriya Vidyalaya in terms of guidelines stipulated in MoD letters No. 11015/2/2012/D(Lands) dated 02.02.2016, 21.10.2020 & 03.03.2022.  The details are at Annexure-III.

Copies of above-mentioned policy guidelines are available on DGDE official website www.dgde.gov.in.
 
ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 425 TO BE ANSWERED ON  03.02.2023 REGARDING “AREA OF DEFENCE LAND”.

State UT-wise details of total defence land in the Country

Sl.No.

Name of State/UT

Total area of Defence Land (in acres)

1

Andaman And Nicobar Islands

8,172

2

Andhra Pradesh

16,739

3

Arunachal Pradesh

8,342

4

Assam

26,547

5

Bihar

12,275

6

Chandigarh

417

7

Chhattisgarh

3,023

8

Daman And Diu

301

9

Delhi

11,698

10

Goa

3,091

11

Gujarat

25,086

12

Haryana

37,026

13

Himachal Pradesh

8,671

14

Jammu And Kashmir

20,965

15

Jharkhand

7,366

16

Karnataka

33,376

17

Kerala

5,374

18

Ladakh

1,333

19

Lakshadweep

44

20

Madhya Pradesh

2,36,468

21

Maharashtra

1,56,546

22

Manipur

1,321

23

Meghalaya

5,436

24

Mizoram

0

25

Nagaland

551

26

Odisha

23,341

27

Puducherry

22

28

Punjab

77,572

29

Rajasthan

8,27,062

30

Sikkim

3,082

31

Tamil Nadu

20,471

32

Telangana

28,480

33

Tripura

2,680

34

Uttarakhand

29,089

35

Uttar Pradesh

1,25,662

36

West Bengal

43,482

Total

18,11,113


ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 425 TO BE ANSWERED ON  03.02.2023 REGARDING “AREA OF DEFENCE LAND”.

Service wise details of total estimated defence land in the Country

Sl.No.

Name of Defence Service

Total area (in lakh acres)

1

Army

13,96,267

2

Air Force

1,46,672

3

Navy

41,877

4

Directorate of Ordnance (DOO) & Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs)

68,783

5

Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO)

29,360

6

Directorate General Quality Assurance (DGQA)

26,167

7

Directorate General Defence Estates (DGDE)

75,938

8

Others

26,049

Total

18,11,113


ANNEXURE-III REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (d)& (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 425 TO BE ANSWERED ON  03.02.2023 REGARDING “AREA OF DEFENCE LAND”.

Details of transfer of defence land to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and State Government of Uttar Pradesh for construction of Kendriya Vidyalayas from the period 01.04.2019 to 31.12.2022

Sl.

No.

State/UT

Date of approval issued by MoD (Month & year)

Details of transferred defence land

Area (in acres)

Location including, Distt. / Town / Cantt. / etc.

1

Uttar Pradesh

28.07.2020

8.00

Old Cantonment, Allahabad to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan

2

Uttar Pradesh

28.07.2020

5.00

Raksha Vihar Colony, Shyam Nagar, District - Kanpur Nagar to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan

3

Uttar Pradesh

04.07.2022

9.48

Rajwari AAF, Varanasi (Out side Cantt.) to State Govt. of Uttar Pradesh

Total

22.48


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