The President got acquainted with the presentation of proposals to simplify the sale of land at auction

On November 15, 2021, the Law "On Privatization of non-agricultural land plots" was adopted. The resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of February 14 of this year defines measures for the implementation of the law. Since then, that is, in February-October 2022, 48 thousand land plots have been put up for auction through the Yerelektron information system for entrepreneurial and urban planning activities.

A positive conclusion was given for the privatization of about 5 thousand land plots in use by legal entities and individuals.

At the same time, the analysis of the sphere showed that this system has some disadvantages. For example, more than 12 thousand plots offered for auction turned out to be located on agricultural land or protected areas. Since vacant land plots are entered into the Yerelektron information system only by construction departments, the possibilities of searching for all vacant plots are limited. In this regard, the presentation proposed to establish joint work of territorial departments of construction and cadastral authorities in this direction.

Another problem that causes difficulties in practice is the complexity of the process of auctioning land. Currently, it consists of 13 stages, it takes 48 working days to acquire land with the right of lease, and 74 working days with the right of ownership. In this regard, the possibility of reducing the stages of putting land up for auction to 8, and the deadlines to 16 and 22 working days, respectively, was noted.

Small industrial zones have clearly defined boundaries. Therefore, the land in them should be provided to entrepreneurs in a simplified manner in accordance with the lots provided for in the master plan, it was emphasized at the presentation.

For the population, this is a good opportunity to privatize land that they have been using for a long time. Currently, the fee for this service is 20 times the annual amount of land tax. According to the instruction given by the President during an open dialogue with entrepreneurs, this amount is set at 10 times the amount in the cities of Tashkent, Nukus and regional centers, and in other regions - at 5 times the amount of land tax.