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

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 152 urban local bodies across 29 states and union territories Khattar, who was replying to a question from Shiv Sena lawmaker Anil Yeshwant Desai in the Lok Sabha, said, “The pilot with a financial outlay of ₹193.81 crore is being carried out as part of National Geospatial Knowledge-based Land Survey of Urban Habitations programme with Survey of India as technical partner for aerial survey and feature extraction work followed by ground truthing by State/UT.” For the rural India, Khattar said the government have a comprehensive programme for digitisation and computerisation of land records and registration processes under the Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme with 100% financial assistance from central government since 2016-17. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharamn had said that an IT-based system of property records and tax administration system will improve the financial position of urban local bodies. According to the Economic Survey 2023-24, digitisation of land records is poised to improve transparency in land transactions, diminish property ownership conflicts, and enhance the efficiency of land management.