Ministry of Defence has been receiving various requests for transfer of defence land from Central Govt. Departments, State Govt.’s and Others organizations controlled by it as local bodies, for execution of public infrastructure and public utility projects from time to time. A Portal namely NOC Portal (https://survey.ncog.gov.in/NOC_Land/login) has been created to issue Working Permissions to reduce delay and ensure seamless transfer of defence land for Public infrastructure projects in a time bound and transparent manner. NOC Portal has also been integrated with LMS Portal to track and monitor the progress of land transfer after issuance of Working Permissions.
Ministry of Defence has finalized the procedure for transfer of defence land for public utilities and public infrastructure projects was finalized and circulated vide letter No. 11015/2/86/D(lands) dated 16.03.2015. Later, comprehensive policy regarding “Transfer of defence land for public utilities and public infrastructure projects” was issued vide letter No. 11015/2/2012/D(Lands) dated 02.02.2016. Additional guidelines/policies dated 23.07.2020, 21.10.2020, 19.02.2021, 03.03.2022, 02.06.2022 & 04.03.2024 has also been issued to further streamline the procedure for transfer of defence land for public utilities and public infrastructure projects.
Land Management System (LMS) is a platform wherein all requests from states government, central govt. depts., agencies and local bodies related to defence land requirement for infrastructure works for public purpose are monitored. The portal contains cases from the year 2016 onwards.
Functions and duties of Infra Division
Infra Division is responsible for implementation and framing of polices/guidelines regarding “Transfer of defence land for public utilities and public infrastructure projects” which inter-alia includes the following:
- Processing of applications received through NOC Portal
- Examination of maps received in the form of “Shape file” “KML file” & ‘Geo-Tiff files’
- Furnishing of inputs/recommendations to Ministry of Defence for grant of Working Permission
- Assessment of market value of defence land based on prevalling STR/MNS/GLVs/Circle rates etc.
- Monitoring of Handing/Taking over of defence land to Indenting Authorities
- Monitoring and updation of cases on NOC Portal
- Processing of matured Infra cases for obtaining Cabinet approval
- Sensitizing PDs DE/DEOs for timely processing of cases through NOC Portal
- Disposal of VIP references and Audit Objections
