Digital India Land Record Modernization Program

Q Why is it in News ?

A Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj has recently held a workshop on Digital India Land Record Modernization Programme (DILRMP).

Q What are some details about DILRMP ?

A 

• The DILRMP was previously known as the National Land Record Modernization Programme (NLRMP).
• It was launched in 2008 with the purpose to digitize and modernizing land records and developing a centralized land record management system.
• The DILRMP is the amalgamation of two projects:

1. Computerization of Land Records (CLR)
2. Strengthening of Revenue Administration and Updating of Land Records (SRA & ULR)

• The district will be taken as the unit of implementation, where all activities under the programme will converge.

Q What are components of DILRMP ?

A The DILRMP has 3 major components

1. Computerization of land record
2. Survey/re-survey
3. Computerization of Registration

Q What are key features of Unique Land Parcel Identification Numbers ?

A 

• It is just like the Aadhar Number of land parcels.
• A unique ID based on Geo-coordinates of the parcels is generated and assigned to the plots.
• This has been introduced to share the computerized digital land record data among different States/Sectors and a uniform system of assigning a unique ID to the land parcel across the country.

Q What are its benefits ?

A The citizen is expected to benefit from DILRMP in one or more of the following ways;

• Real-time land ownership records will be available to the citizen
• Property owners will have free access to their records without any compromise in regard to the confidentiality of the information
• Abolition of stamp papers and payment of stamp duty and registration fees through banks, etc. will also reduce interface with the Registration machinery
• These records will be tamper-proof
• This method will permit e-linkages to credit facilities