UPSC Articles
Record of Rights under SVAMITVA scheme
Part of: GS-Prelims and GS-II: Government schemes and policies
Context: “SVAMITVA” aims to provide the ‘Record of Rights’ to village household owners possessing houses in inhabited areas (Abadi) in villages with issuance of legal ownership rights (Property cards/Title deeds).
- Under the scheme, the land parcels in rural inhabited area of all the villages of the country are surveyed.
- It is being implemented with the collaborative efforts of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Survey of India (SoI), State Revenue Department, State Panchayati Raj Department and National Informatics Centre.
Till now,
- So far, the Property Cards have been prepared in around 31,000 villages in the country. The scheme is envisaged to be completed by March 2025.
- Drone flying has been completed in 2270 villages of 18 districts in the State and property cards have been distributed in 836 villages so far.
Note: Land and Land Records is state subject.
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