Presenting his report card before the media here on Sunday, Revenue Minister Rampal Singh said the year passing by proved to be a difficult one for his department as the State was affected by floods, hail and frost but despite a shortfall of tehsildars, revenue inspectors and patwaris a sum of Rs3,387 crore was disbursed by e-payment to those affected by natural calamities and accidents.
“The work of digitising khasras (agricultural documents) and maps was completed in every district and these were made available online,” he said during a packed Press conference at the Directorate of Public Relations, while presenting his ‘report card’ for 2014. Tehsil level archives were being modernised through installing computers. The process was complete in 133 tehsils across 24 districts. Related work at 230 archives in the remaining 27 districts is expected to be completed by next July. “Satellite surveys commenced in all the districts for preparing maps and other records with the National Remote Sensing Corporation’s assistance and a total 336 of the State’s 647 majra tolas were converted into revenue villages and the remainder will also enter that category by next March,” the Minister said.
He said an electronic machine each was supplied to all 362 tehsils for limitation. The machines would facilitate such work even between June 15 and October 15 during the monsoon. Mau and Ghatigaon tehsils came into being in Gwalior district. A total 6,730 hectares were made available as a land bank to the Industry Department, he added.
The Madhya Pradesh Ministers are presenting their report cards before the people of the State on the instructions of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on completion of first year of the third term of the BJP Government in the State.