Facing backlash over its controversial Land Pooling Policy 2025, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government on Monday (August 11, 2025) announced the withdrawal of the policy in what has come as a major embarrassment for the party.
“Government hereby withdraws the Land Pooling Policy dated 14.05.2025 and its subsequent amendments. Consequently, all actions, like LOIs (Letter of Intent) issued, registrations done or any other action taken thereunder shall be reversed henceforth,” a statement by the Principal Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Punjab, on August 11, 2025, stated.
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The AAP government notified the Land Pooling Policy on June 4 to “promote planned and sustainable development”. The policy aimed for an ‘urbanisation’ push in the State that’s dominated by a rural population with deep roots in farming.
It invited sharp flak from farmers and farm labourer outfits, landholders, and political parties, even as experts in agriculture and economics perceived the policy to be “non-transparent” and “faulty”, raising questions over the government’s intentions.
