FAQ
1. What are the major objectives of Kerala State Land Use Board?
The major objectives of the Land Use Board are review of existing land use in the state and exploring possibilities for effective land use in a sustainable manner. The objectives include, taking effective measures to protect good agricultural lands against (i) depletion on account of soil erosion due to wind, water, sea. (ii) water logging and salinity (iii) loss of fertility; (iv) urbanization and industrialization. The organization advises the Government regarding agricultural laws in general, with particular references to problems relating to
conservation, development, and management of lands.
2. Kerala State Land Use Board comes under which department?
Kerala State Land Use Board comes under Planning and Economic Affairs Department, Government of Kerala
3. Which are the major schemes of the Kerala State Land Use Board?
Strengthening State Land Use Board, Resource Survey at Panchayat and Block Level, and Land Resource Information System (LRIS)
4. Where is the head office of the Kerala State Land Use Board, and who is the head of the Land Use Board??
The head office is at Vikas Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Pin code: 695 033. The Land Use Commissioner is the head of the Land Use Board.
5. Where is the regional office of the State Land Use Board is located, and who is the head of the regional office of the Kerala State Land Use Board ?
The regional office is at the Municipal Shopping Complex, 2nd Floor, D-Block, Patturaickal, Thrissur – 680 022, Kerala, and the Assistant Director (Agriculture) is the head of Regional office.
6. What are the major services provided by the Kerala State Land Use Board?
The major services provided by Kerala State Land Use Board include; the preparation of land and water related resource maps, the delineation of micro watersheds, agro ecological zonation, Recommendation of suitable land use, preparation of watershed based master plans, studies on land resources, Awareness on land resource conservation, Technical Support Organization
(TSO) for watershed & NRM projects, GIS support for Haritha Keralam & LUB/596/2021-D I/42687/2023 MGNREGS, consultancy services on land use planning (LUP) and GIS,sustainable development for natural resources of LAC and website development, research support for students and scholars, and need based data delivery on natural resources
7. What are the major data available from the Kerala State Land Use Board?
Data available from Kerala State Land Use Board include land use, watersheds, geomorphology, geology, lineament, assets, place names, transport networks, drainage network, settlements, PRM data (hardcopy & softcopy), agro ecological zonation map of all districts, wetland (Paddy land) map, Soil data (soil name, soil texture, land capability class, land irrigability class, depth, erosion, physiography, slope, soil association, hydrological soil grouping, soil irrigability class, and management), various project reports, etc.
8. How to get data from the Kerala State Land Use Board?
For getting data from the Kerala State Land Use Board, write a request letter addressed to the Land Use Commissioner with the purpose and other required details. An invoice will be prepared based on the rate fixed by the government.
The data will be made available after payment. E mail landuseboard@yahoo.com.