GS PAPER II: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.

Context: Prime Minister will launch the distribution of e-property cards under the SWAMITVA scheme on 24th April 2021 (National Panchayati Raj Day).

About SWAMITVA scheme

• SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) was launched on 24th April 2020.
• It is a Central Sector Scheme.
• It aims to promote a socio-economically empowered and self-reliant rural India.
• The Scheme has the potential to transform rural India using modern technical tools of mapping and surveying.
• It paves the way for using the property as a financial asset by villagers for availing loans and other financial benefits.
• The Scheme will cover around 6.62 Lakh villages of the entire country during 2021-2025.
• The pilot phase of the Scheme was implemented during 2020–2021 in the States of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and select villages of Punjab and Rajasthan.

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1713594

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