What a farmer gets back for one acre
The plot sizes have not changed since 2015. The 2025 rules kept them exactly as they were. What does change is the kind of land you gave, and that is where most of the confusion starts.
Last reviewed 2026-08-27
Plots you get back for each acre
One acre is 4,840 square yards. So a dry-land farmer gets back roughly a quarter of what he gave, and a jareebu farmer a little under a third. The rest goes into roads, drains, water lines, parks, and land the authority builds on or sells to pay for all of it.
That is the whole bargain in one line. You give up most of the area, and what comes back is smaller, serviced, and inside a planned city instead of outside one.
| Land category | Residential plot | Commercial plot | Total developed land |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (metta) patta land | 1,000 sq yards | 250 sq yards | 1,250 sq yards |
| Jareebu (irrigated / riverbank) patta land | 1,000 sq yards | 450 sq yards | 1,450 sq yards |
| Orchard land (2025 rules) | Reconstituted plots of varying sizes | Plus a one-time payment of ₹1 lakh | |
| Assigned (government-assigned) land | Lower entitlement than patta; APCRDA publishes the schedule | Special rules for assigned holders in Phase 2 were promised in January 2026 |
Money and benefits on top of the plots
- A yearly payment for each acre. ₹30,000 a year for dry land and ₹50,000 for jareebu, going up by ₹3,000 and ₹5,000 each year. The 2015 rules wrote the same rise as 10% a year. It runs for ten years. Phase 1 farmers were given five more years on 3 August 2024, so fifteen for them. Farmers who pooled after 12 June 2024 have been offered ₹40,000 for dry land.
- A monthly pension for landless families. ₹5,000 a month for ten years to each poor family that lived off the pooled land. The 2015 rules said ₹2,500 and it was later doubled.
- A loan waiver. Up to ₹1.5 lakh of farm loans written off once, for each eligible family.
- Schooling, health care and other help. Free education and health care for families of the pooling villages once they declare their intent, old-age homes, subsidised meals at Anna Canteens, and first preference for local tractors and machinery on the construction work.
Three things people get wrong
- Thinking every acre is jareebu. Jareebu is what the revenue record calls irrigated land, and it mostly lies along the Krishna and the canals. Most of Pedaparimi, for example, is dry land. Check the pahani or the Mee Bhoomi record yourself. Do not go by how the seller describes it.
- Expecting the 1,000 square yards as one piece. It can come back as more than one plot in the layout. The commercial plot is always separate, and it sits in the commercial part of the colony.
- Thinking the yearly payment comes with the plot. It does not. That money is paid to the farmer who gave the land. If you buy his plot, you buy the plot and nothing else.
Questions people ask
How many square yards does a farmer get for one acre?
For dry land, 1,000 square yards of residential plot and 250 of commercial. For jareebu land, 1,000 and 450. These sizes are the same in the 2015 rules and the 2025 rules.
What does jareebu mean?
Jareebu is what the revenue record calls wet, irrigated land, usually the land along the Krishna and the canals. Dry land is called metta. Jareebu is worth more under the scheme: a 450 square yard commercial plot instead of 250, and ₹50,000 a year per acre instead of ₹30,000.
Do I get the yearly payment if I buy a plot from a farmer?
No. The yearly payment belongs to the farmer who pooled the land and stays with him. Buying his returnable plot gets you the plot only.
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