Government to issue 120,000 land title deeds to locals in 50 provinces for farming
The news circulating on several media outlets that the government is planning to issue land title deeds to local people in 50 provinces is true, the Digital Economy and Society Ministry has confirmed.
“The ministry’s Anti-Fake News Centre contacted the Ministry of Interior to verify this information and was told it is correct,” the ministry said on Sunday.
“The issuance of land title deeds of over 120,000 plots of land in 50 provinces aims to provide farming areas to local people to boost the local economy and reduce poverty, as well as strengthen national security in border areas, especially in the South.”
The project is now being studied by the National Economic and Social Development Council and is expected to be carried out within fiscal year 2021, the ministry added.
For more information, contact the Department of Lands, Ministry of Interior at www.dol.go.th or Tel. 02 1415555.
