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About SVAMITVA

l Survey of Villages And Mapping with of the country.
Improvised Technology in Village Areas l About 1 Lakh villages in Uttar Pradesh,
(SVAMITVA) is a Central Sector Scheme of Haryana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh,
the Ministry of Panchayati Raj Uttarakhand and Karnataka, and few
l It was launched by the Prime Minister on border villages of Punjab and Rajasthan,
the National Panchayati Raj Day – April 24, along with establishment of Continuous
2020 – with a projected outlay of Rs 79.65 Operating System (CORS) stations’ network
Crore for the pilot phase (2020–21) across Punjab and Rajasthan, are being
l The Scheme aims to provide the ‘record of covered in the Pilot phase (2020–21)
rights’ to household owners in rural areas, l All these six states have signed MoU with
and issue Property Cards Survey of India for drone survey of rural
l The Scheme is being implemented across areas and implementation of the scheme
the country in a phased manner. Over a l These states have finalised the digital
period of four years (2020–24) it would property card format, and the villages to be
eventually cover around 6.62 Lakh villages covered for drone-based survey

BENEFITS OF PILOT PHASE COVERS 763 VILLAGES
SVAMITVA l The one Lakh beneficiaries, who have so far received the
l Helps in a streamlined Property Cards under the scheme, are spread over 763 villages
planning and revenue across six states. Of these, 346 are in Uttar Pradesh, 221 in
collection Haryana, 100 in Maharashtra, 44 in Madhya Pradesh, 50 in
l Provides clarity over Uttarakhand and 2 in Karnataka.
property rights in rural areas l Beneficiaries from all these states except Maharashtra will
l Will make it easy for the receive the physical copies of the Property Cards within one
property owners to seek day. Maharashtra has a system of recovering a nominal cost of
Property Card, so it will take a month’s time.
and get loans from financial
institutions NOMENCLATURE VARIES ACROSS COUNTRY
l Disputes related to l These Property Cards are called ‘Title deed’ in Haryana,
property would also be ‘Rural Property Ownership Records (RPOR)’ in Karnataka,
settled through the title ‘Adhikar Abhilekh’ in Madhya Pradesh, ‘Sannad’ in Maharashtra,
deeds allotted through this ‘Svamitva Abhilekh’ in Uttarakhand, and ‘Gharauni’ in Uttar
Pradesh
scheme
l Clear the way to buy and COMMUNITY ASSETS ALSO COVERED
sell property without any l Gram Panchayat and community assets like village roads,
dispute for the villagers ponds, canals, open spaces, school, Anganwadi, health
sub-centres, etc. would also be surveyed under the scheme

He said that the country has taken another various disputes in our villages,” he said.
major step in the direction of Aatma Nirbhar For creating the correct land records of
Bharat Abhiyan. “The SVAMITVA scheme every village, drones are being employed in
is going to be of great help in making our survey and mapping. “With the accurate land
brothers and sisters from the villages self- record, all the work related to the development
reliant… I believe that the SVAMITVA scheme of the village will be done very easily,” the
will also become a major medium of ending Prime Minister said.

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