In view of Punjab Government’s work of computerisation of land records by covering 12,823 out of total 13,004 villages, the National land Records Modernisation Program (NlRMP) has taken the Punjab land Records Society (PlRS) under its ambit.
The State, under its computerisation work, has made 163 out of 167 computerised Fard Kendras operational. “Punjab land Records Society (PlRS) has been designated as Project Management Unit of NlRMP and now it has to undertake massive capacity building in terms of infrastructure and manpower which requires higher level of planning, monitoring and valuation of the various phases,” said the State Revenue and Rehabilitation Minister Bikram Singh Majithia, while presiding over PlRS’ Governing Council meeting.
Majithia said that the Governing council approved re-structuring of PlRS set up by putting more technically equipped and supervisory personnel at managerial level.
He directed to expedite ongoing construction of District Administrative Complexes (DACs), SDM or tehsil complexes, Sub-tehsils and Patwar work stations for creation of quality revenue infrastructure in the state.
He pointed out that keeping in view the significant contribution of revenue department in State exchequer, it becomes imperative to create quality infrastructure of revenue department.
At present, construction of five DACs namely Barnala, Mohali, Tarn Taran, Amritsar and Fazilka has been undertaken at the cost of Rs 142.24 crore and Rs 69.55 crore has been already released. Besides, construction of 16 SDM or Tehsil complexes has been undertaken at the joint cost of Rs 50.36 crore for which Rs 39.08 crore has already been released.