Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The Presidential Decree "On measures to radically improve the system of keeping records of land and state cadastres" was adopted.

According to the Decree, the following tasks, functions and powers of the State Committee for Land Resources, Geodesy, Cartography and State Cadastre were transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture:

monitoring of agricultural land and crops;

placement of crops;

implementation of state supervision over the protection of agricultural lands;

carrying out soil appraisal;

determination of the standard value of agricultural land;

increasing soil fertility;

conducting research in the field of soil science and geobotany.

On the basis of the State Committee for Land Resources, Geodesy, Cartography and State Cadastre, the Agency for Cadastre was established under the State Tax Committee, its tasks were determined.

In particular, it will maintain the state land cadastre, the state cadastre of buildings and structures.

From 1 October 2020, decisions, protocols of auctions and tenders, notarized transactions and other documents providing for the emergence, change, alienation, restriction and termination of rights to land plots come into force after state registration in the National Geographic Information System of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

From 1 January 2021, all information about the type, contours, boundaries and land owners will be entered into the online geoportal of the Cadastre Agency.

The online geoportal is integrated with the National Geographic Information System.

The land balance and its reporting, the district (city) land cadastre book will be kept exclusively in the National Geographic Information System.