Department of Land Resources is going to hold a National Workshop on Digital India Land Record Modernization Programme for sharing best practices among the States/UTs after a gap of two years. They have been organizing National/Regional Workshops especially on Digital India Land Record Modernization Programme but due to Covid-19 pandemic, the workshop could not be organized during the last 2 years.
The Workshop will be inaugurated by Hon’ble Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Giriraj Singh with Hon’ble Minister of State for Steel & Rural Development, Faggan Singh Kulaste as Special Guests of Honor, accompanied by Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Hon’ble Minister of State for Rural Development, and Kapil Moreshwar Patil, Hon’ble Minister of State for Panchayati Raj.
In this Workshop Hon’ble Minister of Department of Revenue, Hon’ble Minister of Department of Registration, Principal Secretary/ Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Revenue/Registration, Inspector General of Registration, and Settlement Commissioner of Survey and Settlement of Department of State Governments/UTs are invited.
In this program the discussion will be held primarily on the progress of different components of Digital Land Record Modernization Programme and best practices undertaken by different States/UTs to share with other States. As per the information provided, substantial progress have been achieved in different components of the program as of today, wherein computerization of land records is completed in 600811 villages against a total of 656190 villages, digitization of cadastral maps/FMBs is completed in 1.11 crore Maps against total number of 1.63 crore Maps, computerization of Sub Registrar Office completed in 4883 offices against total number of 5220, integration of Sub Registrar Office and Revenue Office completed for 3975 Sub Registrar Office against total number of 5220, Establishment of Modern Record Room completed in 2508 Tehsil/Revenue Offices against total number of 6712, Survey/Re-survey completed in 74789 villages against total number of 656190 villages.
Department of Land Resources has undertaken a number of innovative initiatives in order to provide Ease of Doing Business to the Government and their agencies, Ease of Living to the citizens which inter alia includes- Assignment of Unique Land Parcel Identification Numbers to land parcels. This a unique system wherein a unique ID based on Geo-coordinates of the parcels are generated and assigned to the plots. This has been introduced in order to share the computerized digital land record data among different States/Sectors and a uniform system of assigning unique ID to the land parcel across the country. So far it has been already been implemented in 13 States and pilot tested in another 6 States. Department has decided to complete the process of assigning unique IDs to the land parcels in the entire country by the end of this financial year, (FY 2021-22).
Another excellent initiative undertaken by the Department under DILRMP is development of National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS). This is an in-house advance software application for the registration system developed by NIC. This software application is scalable, flexible, configurable and compatible to the state specific needs in the country. It ensures transparency, accountability of the officials executing the documents and reduction in cost, time and number of visits and procedures required for the execution of the registration documents. As per report, more than 25 lakh documents have already been registered using this system.
In order to integrate all the processes and land records database, the Department has also initiated consolidated effort to computerize land management system through Integrated Land Management Information System (ILMIS) Project wherein land related information are available in a single window. This endeavor to integrate the land records database with the banks, financial institutions, circle rates, Registration Offices and other sectors is to provide effective and efficient service deliveries by the respective offices. So far it has already been implemented in 283 districts of the country.
There is a schedule of presentation from 8 States on the theme of best practices in case of land governance during the workshop. Department of Land Resources will also present a Pan-India status of the National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS), Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) and Digital India Land Record Modernization Programme.
