JAKARTA. The government becomes more serious in realizing agrarian reform programs. Recently, now the Ministry of Agricultural and Spatial Planning (ATR) / National Land Agency is preparing a regulation in the form of ministerial regulation stipulating the revocation of the land concession (HGU) of the company-owned lands, which have not been used after the permission was granted. Director General of Spatial Planning of the Ministry of Agrarian and Spatial Budi Situmorang said that the ministerial regulation, which will set some provision of the concession’s revocation, is targeted to be completed in 2017. "To date, land mapping is being conducted at the regency / municipal levels," he said. According to him, the revocation is essential to improve the spatial planning in accordance with agrarian reform. The spatial planning is also essential to prevent speculators, who have played and caused the land prices to soar.
Govt drafting rules to revoke land concession
JAKARTA. The government becomes more serious in realizing agrarian reform programs. Recently, now the Ministry of Agricultural and Spatial Planning (ATR) / National Land Agency is preparing a regulation in the form of ministerial regulation stipulating the revocation of the land concession (HGU) of the company-owned lands, which have not been used after the permission was granted. Director General of Spatial Planning of the Ministry of Agrarian and Spatial Budi Situmorang said that the ministerial regulation, which will set some provision of the concession’s revocation, is targeted to be completed in 2017. "To date, land mapping is being conducted at the regency / municipal levels," he said. According to him, the revocation is essential to improve the spatial planning in accordance with agrarian reform. The spatial planning is also essential to prevent speculators, who have played and caused the land prices to soar.