NEW DELHI: The digitisation of 99.79 per cent of the existing land records has been completed in the country, according to the government.
The digitisation of land records is playing an important role in shaping the future of agriculture. Under the Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP), the Department of Land Records is supporting states in digitising Record of Rights (RoR), spatial records (Cadastral Maps), and integrating them through dynamic updates.
The continued convergence of digitized land records with agriculture-related initiatives like crop surveys and Agri Stack is expected to enhance transparency, efficiency, and evidence-based policy making in the agricultural sector, said Minister of State (MoS) for Rural Development, Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, in the Parliament.
In order to make authentic first-hand information available to the Courts resulting in speedy disposal of cases and ultimately, reduction in land disputes, pilot test for linking of eCourts with land record was undertaken successfully by Department of Land Resources in three States namely, Haryana, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh in association with Department of Justice.
“Till now, 26 states/UTs have received necessary clearances from the concerned High Courts for integration of e-courts Application Software with the land records, ” said the minister.