Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) scheme

Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) scheme

Part of: GS Prelims and GS – III – Economy 

In news

• The Central government plans to issue a 14-digit identification number to every plot of land in India within a year.

Key takeaways 

• It will subsequently integrate its land records database with revenue court records and bank records, and Aadhaar numbers on a voluntary basis. 
• The Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) scheme has been launched in 10 States in 2021
• It will be rolled out across India by March 2022
• It is being described as “the Aadhaar for land” — a number that would uniquely identify every surveyed parcel of land and prevent land fraud, especially in rural India
• The identification will be based on the longitude and latitude of the land parcel, and is dependent on detailed surveys and geo-referenced cadastral maps.
• This is the next step in the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP), which began in 2008 and has been extended several times as its scope grew.