Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma, announced Mission Basundhara 2.0 for the resolution of land issues of indigenous people of the State at an official ceremony held at the Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra Auditorium in Guwahati. While elaborating on the definition of indigenous, the Hon’ble Chief Minister said that the government would be following the definition given in the Forest Rights Act. Under Mission Basundhara 2.0, land claims will be settled based on self-certification, which will state that the claimant has been residing on the land for the last three generations. Whenever there is any doubt, the district administration will conduct an inquiry against the claimant. The services provided under Mission Basundhara 2.0 are the settlement of government khas and ceiling surplus land; conferring ownership rights to occupancy tenants; settlement of transferred annual patta land; settlement of VGR / PGR land; settlement of land for indigenous special cultivators (tea, coffee, rubber etc.); settlement of hereditary land of tribal communities, among others.