Digitalization of land records to boost India's GDP by 1.5%: Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj

Posted 10 Feb 2024

Updated 16 Mar 2024

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Digitization of land records is the process of transforming physical documents into digital formats.
Computerization of Land Records is completed in 95.08 % of villages by providing Records of Rights (RoR).

Significance of Digitalisation
- Clear land titles facilitate the supply of capital and credit for agriculture.
- Will help in mitigating the huge pendency of court cases involving land disputes.
- Will be useful to the central and state governments in bringing out land reforms.
- Reduce interface between citizens and Government functionaries and will increase transparency.

Government initiative for improving land digitalisation
- Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP): To develop a modern, comprehensive and transparent land record management system.
- Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) or Bhu-Aadhaar: provide a 14-digit alpha-numeric unique ID generated using the longitude and latitude coordinates of a land parcel.
- SVAMITVA scheme: to provide a ‘Record of Rights’ to village household owners with the issuance of legal ownership cards.
- National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS): To address the diversity prevailing across States with regard to the registration of documents.

Way Forward: Use of emerging technologies like Blockchain, review of registration act, etc.

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