The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passed an amendment bill that seeks to ease restrictions on subdivision of small land plots in urban areas with the government saying the legislation will benefit nearly three crore residents. The Maharashtra Land Revenue Code (Second Amendment) Bill, 2025, was presented by Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule and passed in the lower house after a debate.

He told the house the legislative measure will benefit nearly 60 lakh families, or about three crore residents, living on small ‘gunthewari’ plots (unauthorised division of agri land into smaller parcels for residential use) in cities. With the amendment, buying and selling of small plots will become simpler, and landowners can now have their names recorded independently in the 7/12 land title document.