SVAMITVA Scheme

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Context: Ministry of Panchayati Raj Stated that “SVAMITVA” aims to provide the ‘Record of Rights’ to village household owners.

SVAMITVA Scheme

• SVAMITVA stands for ‘Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas’.
• SVAMITVA Scheme was launched in 2020 under the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
• It aims to provide Record of Rights/Property Cards in rural areas through surveying drone technology.
• It aims to cover all the villages by 2025.

Expected outcome of SVAMITVA Scheme

• It will help in creating accurate land records for rural planning and reduce property related disputes.
• It will bring financial stability in rural India by enabling people to use their property as a financial asset for taking loans and other financial benefits.
• It will help in improving rural area governance, proper assessment of property tax, and also help the government in the implementation of welfare schemes.

Present Status

• Digital mapping through Drones has been completed in more than 1,10,000 villages in 28 States and UTs.
• Digital mapping has been completed in all the villages of Haryana, Dadra Nagar Haveli, and Daman & Diu.
• Nearly 41 Lakh property cards have been prepared and 36 Lakh property cards have been distributed.

Significance of SVAMITVA Scheme

• The digitization of land records will provide tamper-proof evidence of land ownership, and this will also reduce land related disputes.
• Digital mapping under SVAMITVA Scheme has promoted the drone ecosystem in the country.
• Increasing use of Drones will boost manufacturing industries, drone pilots and training institutes.
• It will promote MSMEs and Start-ups in the country.
• It will provide employment opportunities.
• Availability of digitized maps will support innovation in this sector.

Steps taken by government

• Government started Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) to facilitate IT-based management of land records. ULPIN is a unique ID of 14 digits for every plot of land in the country based on the longitude and latitude coordinates of the land.
• Government development National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS) with the aim of `One-Nation One-Registration Software` will reduce the cost, time and number of visits  required for the registration of land related documents.
• Government initiated a programme to promote Multilingual Land Records to provide land records in any of the 22 languages recognized by the Constitution.

Way forward

• The scheme will help in facilitating monetization of properties and enabling bank loans, reducing property related disputes, and supporting village level planning.
• It is the right step taken in the direction of achieving Gram Swaraj and making rural India AtmaNirbhar.

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