For the first time in India, through the swamitva scheme, the villagers are getting the record of the full title on their property. Through this they can get loans from banks and can buy and sell property. This scheme was started in India on April 24, 2020, which is being implemented rapidly in all the states.
Madhya Pradesh is the leading state in the implementation of the scheme where drone survey work has been completed in 40 thousand 500 villages out of 56 thousand villages and 9 lakh 37 thousand, rights have been distributed.
In the two-day national conference on Swamitva Yojna and rural planning started at Kushabhau Thackeray Convention Center today, it was informed. The workshop was duly inaugurated by Sunil Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India with the lighting of the lamp. About 150 Panchayat representatives from 20 states and 4 union territories of India, officers of Panchayat and Rural Development, Revenue Department officers were present in the workshop.
The report of the Expert Committee on Ownership Scheme and Rural Planning was also released in the workshop. The detailed presentation of the report was done by Shri AP Nagar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India.
Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India, Shri Sunil Kumar said that the ownership scheme is a revolutionary scheme. It will bring massive economic and social change. This scheme will convert the assets of the villagers into capital. This scheme will prove to be far-reaching in strengthening the rural economy. He appreciated the work being done in Madhya Pradesh under the scheme.
Regarding the implementation of the scheme in Madhya Pradesh, Secretary Revenue Department Shri Sanjay Goyal informed that the work of the scheme in the state is towards completion. This work will be completed by the month of December next year. Ownership right records are being prepared by conducting survey in rural areas with the help of modern drone technology in the state.
This record is available on the Land Records Portal. After the survey, the ownership rights records have been published in 11 thousand 600 villages. For the first time, the villagers are being given a valid document of their property with a legal right.
DDG of YASHDA Pune S Chokalingam said that survey of rural land is necessary, whether it is of population land or of agriculture land. The Collector/ DM of the concerned area, if people are living in a rural area for a sufficient time, should declare that land as abadi land. This limit is 12 years for private sector and 30 years for government land. If there is a farm house, it should not be declared as abadi land.
Commissioner Survey, Settlement and Land Records Karnataka Manish Moudgil informed that this is a legal way to give ownership of their property to the people. In the rural areas where the survey is being done for the first time, the place where the person is living, except public places and roads etc., can be given the ownership right of that place.
Director Land Records Assam Shantanu Gotmare informed that the concept of land ownership is different in different regions. The land in Arunachal Pradesh is the right of the community. Right to land should be given according to traditional customs and law. After giving ownership of the land, it should not be linked to tax.