- Digitization of land records is the process of transforming physical documents into digital formats.
- Computerization of Land Records is completed in 95.08 % of villages by providing Records of Rights (RoR).
- Significance of Digitalisation
- Clear land titles facilitate the supply of capital and credit for agriculture.
- Will help in mitigating the huge pendency of court cases involving land disputes.
- Will be useful to the central and state governments in bringing out land reforms.
- Reduce interface between citizens and Government functionaries and will increase transparency.
- Government initiative for improving land digitalisation
- Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP): To develop a modern, comprehensive and transparent land record management system.
- Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) or Bhu-Aadhaar: provide a 14-digit alpha-numeric unique ID generated using the longitude and latitude coordinates of a land parcel.
- SVAMITVA scheme: to provide a ‘Record of Rights’ to village household owners with the issuance of legal ownership cards.
- National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS): To address the diversity prevailing across States with regard to the registration of documents.
- Way Forward: Use of emerging technologies like Blockchain, review of registration act, etc.