The Prime Minister today approved relaxation in policies relating to transfer of government land. The objective of the policy is to speed up private-public partnership in the country. An official release says that the decision will ensure that infrastructure projects are not held up for procedural delays.

Ban on the transfer of all government owned land was imposed last year. This ban however excluded the cases where the land was to be transferred from one government department to other. The release says that policy has also been relaxed for all land transfers from ministries to statutory authorities or PSUs.