RIICO Plot Transfer Charges: What Rule 18 Actually Says

Every RIICO resale in the Bhiwadi belt runs into the same question, and both sides usually guess at the answer: what does RIICO charge to move the plot into the buyer’s name?

The answer is in Rule 18 of the RIICO Disposal of Land Rules, 1979, and two things about it surprise people. The fee is calculated on the prevailing allotment rate of the concerned industrial area, not on what buyer and seller agreed between themselves. And the branch you fall into depends on the plot’s status, where the gap between a utilized plot and a vacant one is not a few per cent but a different order of cost entirely.

Source for everything below: RIICO Disposal of Land Rules, 1979, as amended up to 8 April 2026, published by the Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation. It is a consolidated reference edition rather than a new code, and its own disclaimer says controlling office orders and circulars govern where there is any inconsistency. Orders issued after 8 April 2026 are not in it and have to be checked separately, which is why the figures below are a framework to work from and the applicable amount for a specific plot comes from the Unit Office.

The transfer fee branches

Read the first and fifth rows together, because that contrast is the single most important number on this page. A utilized industrial plot transfers at half a per cent of the area’s allotment rate. A vacant one transfers at twenty per cent of it. Whether a plot counts as utilized is therefore not a technicality; it is the difference between a modest fee and a material cost, and it is decided by the rule rather than by what the parties think.

Vacant, unutilized and utilized are three different things

The rules distinguish two concepts that the market uses loosely, and both matter to a buyer.

A vacant plot includes a plot without substantive construction. A boundary wall, a non-habitable watchman room, or a factory block built only up to plinth level does not by itself make a plot utilized. Sellers in this belt routinely describe a plot with a wall and a plinth as developed, and under the rule that is still a vacant plot.

An unutilized plot is one where commercial production or activity has not commenced as required, and that is true regardless of whether the main shed has been constructed. A finished building with nothing happening inside it is a different category from a working unit.

The practical consequence is that “what has been built” and “what the plot counts as” are separate questions. Before agreeing a price on a plot that is not visibly operating, get the status established rather than inferred, because it changes both the transfer fee branch and what the buyer is allowed to do next.

The five-year restriction people find out about late

Under the reviewed rule, sale or transfer of a vacant or unutilized plot is generally permissible only after five years from allotment, subject to the stated exception for plots allotted under Rule 3(AJ).

This is the item that most often stops a deal that both parties thought was agreed, and it is worth checking at the first conversation rather than after bayana. Ask when the plot was allotted and under which provision, and confirm the position with the Unit Office before money moves. A seller who cannot answer the allotment-date question has told you something useful either way.

For a vacant-plot transfer, the rules also provide for forfeiture of the transferor’s security deposit and a fresh security deposit from the transferee. Budget for it on the buyer’s side and expect it on the seller’s.

What the percentage is charged on, and why that is the whole trap

The 0.50%, 1% and 20% figures attach to the allotment-rate base described by RIICO for the concerned industrial area. They do not attach to the resale price you negotiated.

That cuts both ways and it is why estimating from a deal value produces numbers that are wrong in either direction. The prevailing rate has to be established for the specific industrial area and for the relevant payment date, because rates are fixed area by area and change by order.

A live example of what such an order looks like: RIICO fixed an allotment rate of ₹2,850 per square metre for undeveloped land at Industrial Area Rabadka under Bhiwadi Unit-II through Office Order No. IPI/F-1(9)-3/2026/337 dated 3 August 2026, with immediate effect. That is an area-specific allotment rate for a specified land category. It is not a resale-market price, and it cannot be substituted for another industrial area, so it is useful here as an illustration of the base the fee works from rather than as a figure to apply to a plot in Chopanki or Khushkhera.

What the transfer fee is not

The Rule 18 amount is a RIICO fee. It sits alongside the other costs of the transaction and replaces none of them.

Separate from it: Rajasthan stamp duty and the registration fee, which our registry charges guide covers; income tax on the seller’s gain; any lender charges; outstanding RIICO dues on the plot, which are their own liability and have to be settled; and the sale consideration itself. A buyer budgeting for a RIICO resale needs all of these on one sheet, and the most common budgeting error is treating the transfer fee as the whole of the RIICO cost when unpaid dues are sitting behind it.

Registration does not complete a RIICO transfer

A registered sale deed between two private parties settles the position between those two parties. It does not, by itself, complete the leasehold transfer in RIICO’s records.

RIICO approval, the dues position, the leasehold record and the applicable conditions all remain material, and a buyer whose transfer has not been recorded with RIICO is holding a deed against a plot the corporation still associates with someone else. That gap surfaces at the next transfer, at a lender’s due diligence, or when a permission is needed, and it is the same failure our namantaran guide describes on the residential side.

Our RIICO plot vs private industrial land guide covers why this layer exists on RIICO land and not on private industrial land, and the RIICO buyer’s guide covers the purchase process around it.

Exemptions and restructurings need exact analysis

Rule 18 contains definitions, exemptions and status-dependent branches, and family or entity restructurings are not uniformly exempt from transfer fees.

Whether a particular change of hands falls inside an exemption depends on the precise facts: who is transferring to whom, in what capacity, the plot’s status, and which provision the allotment sits under. Treat any confident general statement about restructuring being free of charge, including one from a seller, as something to verify with the Unit Office before it becomes part of a price negotiation.

What we do on a RIICO transfer

We establish the plot’s status and allotment position before anyone talks about price, because the utilized-or-vacant question and the five-year restriction decide whether the deal is possible at all and what it costs. Then we go to the Unit Office for the current dues and the applicable position rather than working from the seller’s copy of an old letter.

We do not compute your fee as a promise. The applicable branch, the prevailing rate for that area and the payment-date position are RIICO’s to state, and we will help you get that answer in writing rather than substitute our own arithmetic for it.

Frequently Asked Questions About RIICO Plot Transfer Charges

Is the RIICO transfer fee charged on my purchase price?

No. It is calculated on the prevailing allotment rate of the concerned industrial area under the applicable Rule 18 branch, not on the consideration you negotiated. Estimating it from the deal value is the most common mistake on both sides of a RIICO resale.

My plot has a boundary wall and a plinth. Is it utilized?

Under the rule, no. A boundary wall, a non-habitable watchman room or construction only up to plinth level does not by itself make a plot utilized, and the transfer branch that applies is the vacant one. Establish the status with the Unit Office before agreeing a price.

Can I sell a vacant RIICO plot I was allotted last year?

Generally not. Transfer of a vacant or unutilized plot is permissible after five years from allotment under the reviewed rule, subject to the stated exception for plots allotted under Rule 3(AJ). Check your allotment date and provision with the Unit Office first.

We are transferring the plot between family members. Is that exempt?

Do not assume it. The rules contain definitions, exemptions and status-dependent branches that turn on the exact facts of the transfer, and a general assurance that restructuring is free of charge is not something to price a deal on. Get the position from the Unit Office.

Does registering the sale deed complete the transfer?

No. Registration settles the position between buyer and seller. RIICO approval, the dues position and the leasehold record remain material, and a transfer that was never recorded with RIICO surfaces later at the next sale or at a lender’s check.

Want the position on a specific plot?

Tell us the industrial area and the plot number. We will establish what the record says about its status, dues and allotment position before you commit to a number, which is the only order in which those figures are worth anything.

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