Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the physical distribution of property cards under SVAMITVA scheme, saying the move will make rural India “self-reliant”.
“With the help of property cards, a lot of disputes in villages can get resolved. No one needs to be worried about issues like encroachment anymore…Experts across the world have stressed that property ownership rights play a big role in a country’s development,” Modi said while launching the scheme via video conference.
“This is the first time that such a large-scale exercise involving the most modern means of technology is being carried out to benefit millions of rural property owners”, the PMO adds.
PM Modi interacted with many beneficiaries of the Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas (SVAMITVA) scheme.
Here’s everything one needs to know about the ‘Swamitva Yojana’
Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas (SVAMITVA) is a central sector scheme of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
SVAMITVA Scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on National Panchayati Raj Day, 24th April 2020.
The scheme aims to provide the ‘record of rights’ to village household owners in rural areas and issue property cards.
The scheme is being implemented across the country in a phased manner for four years (2020-2024).
The scheme would eventually cover around 6.62 lakh villages of the country.
About 1 lakh villages in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Karnataka, and few border villages of Punjab & Rajasthan, along with the establishment of Continuous Operating System (CORS) stations’ network across Punjab & Rajasthan, are being covered in the Pilot phase (2020-21).
All these six States have signed MoU with Survey of India for drone survey of rural areas and implementation of the scheme.
These states have finalised the digital property card format and the villages to be covered for a drone-based survey.
States of Punjab and Rajasthan have signed MoU with Survey of India for the establishment of CORS network to assist in future drone flying activities.
The different States have different nomenclature for the Property Cards viz.
‘Title deed’ in Haryana, ‘Rural Property Ownership Records (RPOR)’ in Karnataka, ‘Adhikar Abhilekh’ in Madhya Pradesh, ‘Sannad’ in Maharashtra, ‘Svamitva Abhilekh’ in Uttarakhand, ‘Gharauni’ in Uttar Pradesh.