<p data-path-to-node="5" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">The Government of West Bengal is evaluating a land pooling policy to address land availability constraints and streamline land aggregation for new industrial parks and logistics hubs across the state.</p><p data-path-to-node="6" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">Under the proposed model, private landholders voluntarily contribute small land parcels to a centralized pool managed by state agencies. Once the land is consolidated, serviced with infrastructure, and rezoned, a portion of the developed industrial land is returned to original owners, while the remaining contiguous land bank is allocated for manufacturing, warehousing, and industrial units.</p><h3 data-path-to-node="9">Key Policy Objectives, Stakeholder Benefits, and Infrastructure Impact</h3><ul data-path-to-node="10"><li><p data-path-to-node="10,0,0"><b data-path-to-node="10,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">Bypassing Direct Acquisition Friction:</b> Land pooling offers a non-coercive alternative to traditional compulsory land acquisition, reducing legal disputes, land fragmentation hurdles, and protracted compensation negotiations.</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="10,1,0"><b data-path-to-node="10,1,0" data-index-in-node="0">Infrastructure Upgrades &amp; Value Appreciation:</b> Participating landholders gain access to developed plots equipped with roads, power, water, and drainage infrastructure, boosting long-term commercial valuation for returned parcels.</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="10,2,0"><b data-path-to-node="10,2,0" data-index-in-node="0">Unlocking Contiguous Land Banks:</b> Consolidating small holdings into large contiguous tracts enables state industrial agencies such as WBIDCO and WBIIDC to offer plug-and-play land parcels to large-scale investors, 3PL logistics operators, and manufacturing enterprises.</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="10,3,0"><b data-path-to-node="10,3,0" data-index-in-node="0">Boosting Private Industrial Park Policy (PIPP):</b> The initiative aligns with the state's broader efforts to incentivize private sector participation in industrial infrastructure creation, expanding industrial corridors beyond Kolkata into tier-2 regional nodes.</p></li></ul><div class="attachment-container search-images" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><response-element class="no-md" ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><single-image _nghost-ng-c2331377090="" data-is-interactive="false" class="spark-licensed-center-host luminous-layout ng-star-inserted" data-image-attachment-index="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><!----></single-image></response-element></div>