From being the first State to introduce land registration in Re. 1 for women to formation of Tana Bhagat Development Authority, Minister of Revenue, Registration and Land Reforms, Amar Bauri on Monday informed about the various achievements of the State government in the last four and a half years.
Addressing media persons here on Monday Bauri said, “As many as 1,52,521 women of the State have registered properties on their name since 2017 till date on a token amount of Re 1. This is major step towards empowerment of women.”
He also said that the government has doubled the monthly honorarium of Manaki, Munda, Gram Pradhan and Dakuas to motivate them for better working.
Talking about the various steps taken for welfare of Tana Bhagat, Bauri pointed out that the Tana Bhagat Development Authority was formed for taking important decisions for the community. “The cess payable by Tana Bhagats for their land which has been pending since 1956 has been revoked and it has been decided that no cess would be collected by them in the future too,” he said.
The Minister also informed about admission of 60 students from Tana Bhagat community in police science certificate course in Raksha Shakti University for academic year 2018-19, while 125 students of the community were enrolled in residential schools. Other facilities including providing electricity to 17,398, LPG connection to 781 and toilets to 1052 Tana Bhagats and much more were also given.
The minister also informed about digitisation of land records of all circles, construction of modern record rooms at 20 places and digitization of maps has been completed.
Bauri said, “Land has been transferred to various departments for development at a token amount of Re. 1 including construction of airports, highways, plantation under coal project, smart city, power plant installation, construction of educational institutions, Ganga Bridge, various railway projects, industrial area development and much more.”
The Minister also informed about simplification of various policies by the government and introduction of new Acts and Rules for the benefit of citizens. At least 10 new Acts and Rules were introduced by the department in the last four and a half years.
Talking about the functioning of registration directorate, Bauri informed that the entire process right from pre-registration to payment of court fee has been made online to ensure transparency. Also, integration of Aadhar and PAN with e-registration application has also been made compulsory to prevent forgery.
“New district registration office has been created in Ramgarh and Sahibgunj. Also, a number of vacant posts in the department were filled,” Bauri said.
Revenue collection from the department has been the highest in the last four years in 2018-19 with the annual revenue collected being Rs. 346.22 crore. The revenue collection in 2017-18 was Rs 156 crore, in 2016-17 the revenue collected was Rs. 180.2 crore while in 2015-16 it was Rs. 164.35 crores.
Talking about the future plans of the department Bauri informed that 60 Tana Bhagat students will be enrolled in Raksha Shakti University for academic year 2019-20, enrollment of Tana Bhagats as ANM and GNM, completion of digitization and scanning of registration documents from 1947 to 1970 by October this year, among others.