Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP)
Source: PIB
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Overview
- News in Brief
- Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP)
Why in the News?
The government’s initiative to digitize land records and registrations is expected to improve India’s GDP by about 1.5%.
News in Brief
- Digitization of land records is the process of transforming physical documents into digital formats.
- The initiative was launched to computerize all land records, promoting transparency and reducing land disputes through updated settlement records.
- As of December 2023, the computerization of land records, specifically the Record of Rights (RoR), has been completed at a rate of 95.08 per cent.
Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP)
- Objective of DILRMP is to develop a modern, comprehensive and transparent land record management system.
- DILRMP, revamped as a Central Sector Scheme since April 1, 2016.
- Full funding from the Centre, aims to modernize land record management.
- Its goal is to establish an Integrated Land Information Management System to enhance real-time land information access, optimise land resource use, benefit landowners and investors, support policy planning, reduce land disputes, prevent fraudulent transactions, eliminate the need for physical visits to offices, and facilitate information sharing with various agencies.
Status December 2023: 95% of the Record of Rights had been computerised, 68% of cadastral maps had been digitised, 94.95% of computerization of registration and 87.48% of the integration of sub registrar offices with land records had been completed.
What are the benefits?
- It will decrease the extensive backlog of land dispute cases, thereby reducing the burden of litigation.
- If the government acquires land, it will simplify real estate transactions and improve openness in determining the rightful beneficiaries for compensation.
- Additionally, this transparency will help to enhance financing availability.
- It would encourage the use of a uniform and standardized format for record-keeping across the country, allowing for seamless information compatibility and clarity that transcends linguistic and cultural boundaries.
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