Just for the record
12 years ago

Just for the record

The Hindu  

The Revenue Department in Andhra Pradesh has been building a digitalised system for delivery of services in land and real estate transactions. The State stakes claim to being the first in facilitating land transactions through a Computer Aided Registration of Documents project. But, Surendra Mohan, project director, Computerisation of Mandal Revenue Offices, says 4.3 crore land records had been computerised, including more than four crore with digital signatures. “Interlinking records with the Mee Seva has made our job easier as MROs, Tahsildars and lower-level officials have been trained in digital signature-related data.

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Digital urban land records to be implemented after pilot study: Khattar
5 days, 8 hours ago

Digital urban land records to be implemented after pilot study: Khattar

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Computerised or digital urban land records will be implemented across India after evaluating the outcomes of an ongoing pilot programme, currently being conducted in 152 urban local bodies across 29 states and union territories, union minister of housing and urban affairs Manohar Lal Khattar said on Thursday. Manohar Lal Khattar said a pilot programme is being conducted in …

Revenue Dept. announces several reforms
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Revenue Dept. announces several reforms

The Hindu  

The Revenue Department has announced a bunch of reforms, including the e-Pauti mission to register the names of legal heirs in land records that have been identified as “dead” during Aadhar seeding and e-Jamabandi software to speed up the reconciling and streamlining the village and taluk level land records. The Department will also introduce a new e-stamping system, to be …

Officials told to speed up digitisation of land records in Koppal
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Officials told to speed up digitisation of land records in Koppal

The Hindu  

Kannada and Culture Minister and Koppal in-charge Shivaraj Tangadagi has directed officials to speed up digitisation of land records in the district and complete the task in the stipulated time. Flagging off a drive for digitisation of the land records under the Bhoo Suraksha project virtually from his office in Bengaluru on Wednesday, Mr. Tangadagi said that the project envisions …

Karnataka to launch AI-powered land registration system to boost transparency, revenue, says revenue minister
4 months ago

Karnataka to launch AI-powered land registration system to boost transparency, revenue, says revenue minister

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Upbeat about the potential of artificial intelligence enhancing efficiency in governance, Revenue Minister Krishna Byregowda on Thursday revealed that soon, his department will be rolling out an AI module that will streamline land transactions and registration processes, while bringing in transparency. Byregowda, who interacted with government officials and leading tech company representatives at the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2024, shared …

Is gutting of official records a new trend in Andhra Pradesh?
7 months ago

Is gutting of official records a new trend in Andhra Pradesh?

The Hindu  

On July 21, around midnight, the peace and quiet of Madanapalle town in Annamayya district was shattered by a huge fire that engulfed the district sub-collector office. The fire reportedly started in the record rooms of the office where documents relating to land records were stored and as per the initial official assessment, the building suffered extensive damage and important …

Urban Agenda | Why India needs to update and digitise its urban land records
7 months, 1 week ago

Urban Agenda | Why India needs to update and digitise its urban land records

Hindustan Times  

Unlike rural areas, government authorities in urban and peri-urban areas across India do not have updated land record data leading to a large number of property disputes and frauds. A repository of land ownership records will be created, which is practically missing in many urban and peri-urban areas In her budget speech on July 23, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said …

Kerala’s digital land resurvey sets model
1 year ago

Kerala’s digital land resurvey sets model

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala’s digital land resurvey is drawing nationwide attention for its accuracy and low complaint rate. Andhra Pradesh government has requested the state to provide software solutions for digital survey and data management. We have built an end-to-end digital land survey solution without any physical touch points. The rate of appeal land complaints is just 0.39 pc,” says Survey Director …

AP launching PRIMME for online submission of property documents
1 year, 6 months ago

AP launching PRIMME for online submission of property documents

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh government is launching a software programme for citizens to file applications online for registration of their property documents, so as to avoid a long waiting period at the sub-registrar offices. The programme named as ‘Computer-Aided Administration of Registration Department-Property Rights Mutation Made Easy’, helps people to submit their application forms online at the department website registration.ap.gov.in …

‘One Nation, One Registration’: will it succeed?
1 year, 7 months ago

‘One Nation, One Registration’: will it succeed?

The Hindu  

‘One Nation, One Registration’. That said, the purpose of ‘One Nation, One Registration’ is to first ensure that documents for registration of property can be done in any State in India. Many challenges Despite the advantages of a common registration process and document system as proposed under the ‘One Nation, One Registration’ plan, there are some serious challenges to its …

68 district collectors to be awarded for land record digitisation work
1 year, 8 months ago

68 district collectors to be awarded for land record digitisation work

The Hindu  

President Droupadi Murmu will be awarding Bhoomi Samman Award 2023 on July 18 to 68 district collectors and nine State Secretaries for achieving 100% digitisation of all land records as part of the Union Government’s Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme which is aimed at reducing the court cases involving land disputes and effective implementations of various welfare schemes of …

HMDA to digitalise 1.86 crore documents
1 year, 9 months ago

HMDA to digitalise 1.86 crore documents

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The HMDA has decided to hire a private firm to digitalise about 1.86 crore documents to safekeep them, as files are known to disappear or get burnt in fire accidents. To be completed in six months, the HMDA would digitalise the records and documents of the town planning, land records, engineering and other wings. An official said that in …

Andhra Pradesh to help online property registration
3 years ago

Andhra Pradesh to help online property registration

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh government will soon introduce digital stamps and online payment for registration of property documents and others at village/ward secretariats for the benefit of people. Stamps and registration commissioner V. Ramakrishna in a statement said here on Saturday that the state government entered into a memorandum of understanding with Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited for sale of …

Registrations under land scheme begin in Andhra Pradesh
3 years, 2 months ago

Registrations under land scheme begin in Andhra Pradesh

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy on Tuesday inaugurated the registration services for lands under the YSR Jagananna Saswatha Bhoo Hakku Bhoo Raksha scheme. In 37 of the 51 villages surveyed, we are starting the process of registration of lands and properties in village secretariats, which is the first of its kind.” Terming the YSR Jagananna Saswatha Bhoo Hakku and Bhoo …

Land registration in villages in Andhra Pradesh harder
3 years, 4 months ago

Land registration in villages in Andhra Pradesh harder

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh government may face an uphill task to take up registration of properties at village/ward secretariats with restricted jurisdiction on location of assets unlike the present practice of state-wide registration facility. Jagan Mohan Reddy intended to introduce registration of properties at village/ward secretariats to decentralise the whole exercise and make such a service accessible within the reach …

In the house/ in wake of ‘fraud, corruption’ in land, revenue dept Every plot of land to get unique code: CM
4 years ago

In the house/ in wake of ‘fraud, corruption’ in land, revenue dept Every plot of land to get unique code: CM

Hindustan Times  

The Jharkhand government is working to introduce unique IDs for all landholdings in the state’s records in wake of the repeated complaints of frauds and corruption in the state land and revenue department. The chief minister made the announcement in reply to a question by BJP legislator and former minister Neelkanth Singh Munda, highlighting complaints against the land and revenue …

Centre targets land disputes that cripple India’s infrastructure
4 years, 1 month ago

Centre targets land disputes that cripple India’s infrastructure

Live Mint  

Twice a day at rush hour, more than 3 million cars clog Mumbai’s streets and nearly 4 million commuters squeeze onto overcrowded trains, while a four-decade land dispute that has prevented India’s financial capital from building a modern metro system continues to simmer. Still farmers could have more certainty with clear land titles, which would also encourage more investment in …

Adivasis and the Indian State: Ease of business or loot? Jharkhand's tribal farmers lose ancestral land to govt's online 'land bank'
5 years, 7 months ago

Adivasis and the Indian State: Ease of business or loot? Jharkhand's tribal farmers lose ancestral land to govt's online 'land bank'

Firstpost  

There are huge errors in the online land record-keeping in Jharkhand due to which countless Adivasi farmers have lost their land, either whole or in part Editor’s Note: In this eighteen-part series, we will attempt to address the tropes associated with the communities in question from an Adivasi perspective while also exploring the contemporary relationship of Adivasi citizens with the …

States asked to quickly identify small farmers for income support scheme: Niti
6 years, 1 month ago

States asked to quickly identify small farmers for income support scheme: Niti

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Centre has written to all states, directing them to quickly identify small and marginal farmers who will receive ₹2,000 as the first installment by March-end under the ₹75,000-crore income support package announced in the Budget, Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said Saturday. In his Budget speech, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal announced a scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan …

Check up! 2.8 lakh land records go missing in Telangana
9 years, 1 month ago

Check up! 2.8 lakh land records go missing in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: During computerisation of land records in the newly launched website http://mabhoomi.telangana.gov.in, officials from the Chief Commissionerate of Land Administration have realised that land records of nearly 2.8 lakh survey numbers are missing. Unreadable documents make computerisation tough: The cursive and scribbled scripts in Telugu, Hindi, Urdu, Marathi and Kannada in the Setwar records are proving to be a headache …

NIC To Assimilate, Update Maharashtra Land Records
16 years, 10 months ago

NIC To Assimilate, Update Maharashtra Land Records

Firstpost  

Land records of Maharashtra will now be accessible online with the development of an application to assimilate and store all the records in a single database by the NIC Land records of the state of Maharashtra will now be easily accessible with the development of an application that will help assimilate and store all the records in a single database. …

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