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.
