land right certificates and loan books will be given in form of Smart Cards. Proposal to prepare Smart Cards has been chalked out. This was informed by Revenue, Science and Technology Minister Umashankar Gupta at a review meeting here on Saturday. Revenue Minister Gupta directed to fill Patwaris’ posts soon.
The Minister directed to provide khasra and copies to farmers within time-limit. He said that verification of land survey in urban and semi-urban areas should be done by Revenue Officers. He directed for early departmental promotions and compassionate appointments.
Commissioner land Records and Bandobast Sohail Ali informed that 4 crore 17 lakh records of one crore 40 lakh land holders in 55 thousand 393 villages have been computerized.
He informed that digitization of land maps of 53 thousand 480 villages has also been done. In all, 37 tehsil level records have been modernized. E-land records are being generated. Maps of unmapped villages are being prepared. It was informed that to deal with floods etc. Rs. 22 lakh each has been allocated to 33 districts and Rs. 11 lakh each to 18 districts.
The revenue Minister said that printing should not be done elsewhere without permission of Government Press. He said that Government Press should be made so much capable that it can meet requirements of all government offices. Bring the press in profit.
Outstanding due against various departments should be recovered at the earliest, he added.
Principal Secretary Revenue KK Singh, Secretary GP Shrivastava, Chief Revenue Commissioner KK Khare and Director Government Press and Stationery Sanjeev Singh attended the meeting.