Survey and Mapping with improvised Technology
Survey and Mapping with improvised Technology
The Central Sector Scheme “SVAMITVA” aims to provide the ‘Record of Rights’ to household owners possessing houses in inhabited areas (Abadi) in villages with issuance of legal ownership rights (Property cards/Title deeds). Under the scheme, the land parcels in rural inhabited area of all the villages of the country are surveyed using drone technology. It is being implemented with the collaborative efforts of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, State Revenue Department, State PanchayatiRaj Department and Survey of India (SoI). States need to sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SoI for implementation of the scheme.
So far, 31 States/UTs have signed MoU with SoI for implementation of SVAMITVA Scheme, which are given:
State-wise status of MoU between State and Survey of India under the SVAMITVA scheme
Sl. No
State/UT
Date of Signing MoU
1
Karnataka
Already had MoU with SoI
2
MadhyaPradesh
Already had MoU with SoI
3
Maharashtra
Already had MoU with SoI
4
Haryana
08-May-19
5
Uttarakhand
03-Jun-20
6
UttarPradesh
08-Jun-20
7
Punjab
02-Jul-20
8
Rajasthan
15-Jul-20
9
Andaman & Nicobar
27-Jul-20
10
AndhraPradesh
08-Dec-20
11
Chhattisgarh
23-Dec-20
12
Odisha
05-Feb-21
13
Lakshadweep
12-Apr-21
14
Kerala
20-Apr-21
15
Tripura
26-Apr-21
16
ArunachalPradesh
11-May-21
17
Gujarat
21-May-21
18
Ladakh
25-May-21
19
HimachalPradesh
27-May-21
20
Daman &Diu and Dadra&NagarHaveli
31-May-21
21
Assam
21-Jun-21
22
Jammu& Kashmir
17-Jun-21
23
Manipur
21-Jun-21
24
Mizoram
08-Jul-21
25
Jharkhand
14-Jul-21
26
Puducherry
22-Jul-21
27
Sikkim
23-Aug-21
28
Goa
26-Aug-21
29
Tamil Nadu
02-Nov-21
30
Telangana
19-Apr-22
31
Delhi
26-Apr-22
Out of a total 3.44 lakh notified villages to be covered in these States/UTs, drone survey has been completed in 3.12 lakh villages and 2.03 crores property cards have been prepared in 1.30 lakh villages. The State-wise status is given below:
State-wise status progress under the SVAMITVA scheme
(As on 19th July 2024)
S.No.
States/UTs
Notified Villages for survey
Drone Flying completed villages
Property Cards prepared (villages)
Number of Property Cards prepared
1
A&N Islands
186
186
141
7,409
2
AndhraPradesh
13,364
13,280
1,128
5,52,848
3
ArunachalPradesh
5,484
2,367
0
0
4
Assam
1,074
946
0
0
5
Chhattisgarh
15,791
15,791
1,384
1,84,515
6
Dadra&NagarHaveli and Daman &Diu
80
80
75
4,397
7
Delhi
31
31
0
0
8
Goa
410
410
410
6,72,646
9
Gujarat
13,132
13,014
3,396
7,96,255
10
Haryana
6,260
6,260
6,260
25,15,646
11
HimachalPradesh
15,196
13,621
124
2,737
12
Jammu and Kashmir
4,590
4,143
616
18,444
13
Jharkhand
757
240
0
0
14
Karnataka
30,715
13,897
3,277
9,37,829
15
Kerala
1,415
594
0
0
16
Ladakh
232
232
111
7,575
17
Lakshadweep Islands
10
10
0
0
18
MadhyaPradesh
43,014
43,014
26,402
33,87,137
19
Maharashtra
37,819
37,209
12,813
19,78,332
20
Manipur
3,856
209
0
0
21
Mizoram
550
271
9
1,155
22
Odisha
3,054
2,709
43
1,500
23
Puducherry
96
96
92
2,801
24
Punjab
11,718
9,929
100
16,164
25
Rajasthan
36,310
35,652
6,695
4,53,392
26
Sikkim
1
1
0
0
27
Tamil Nadu
3
3
0
0
28
Telangana
5
5
0
0
29
Tripura
898
14
0
0
30
UttarPradesh
90,908
90,908
60,081
85,17,595
31
Uttarakhand
7,441
7,441
7,441
2,78,229
Total
3,44,400
3,12,563
1,30,598
2,03,36,606
Survey of rural land in India for settlement and record of rights has been done from time to time. However, Abadi (inhabited) areas of villages were never surveyed in many States. In the absence of accurate land records and clear ownership, State Revenue Department lacked land records of rural Abadi. Rural property owners lacked means to utilize their residential assets for availing bank loans and rural land was prone to property related disputes.
During the implementation of SVAMITVA Scheme, few challenges related to technology adoption and awareness generation were observed. Several States did not have online system for updating and recording Abadi land ownership. Revenue staff was not trained for using online applications for updating maps. Citizens were not aware of the benefits of SVAMITVA Scheme. However, the challenges were addressed actively through:
This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
- Gram Sabha is to be conducted for creating awareness at the Panchayat level. Thereafter, land survey is undertaken using survey grade drones.
- For creation of records, a participatory approach was adopted for property demarcation and ground verification.
- Most State revenue departments have devised online systems for the implementation of the scheme, viz., ground verification of maps, notification of claims and preparation of property cards.
- Upon finalization of property details, property cards are created and provided to property owners directly through Digilocker application. MadhyaPradesh has also created online portal for storage and updating records wherein Banks are also able to login to create charge on property.
- In some States, individual notices are issued to property owners before finalization of Property Card
- SMSs were sent to MPs and MLAs for to notify the start of Svamitva implementation in their respective constituencies.
- Training is regularly provided to the State Revenue Department officials