New Delhi, (the states. news) In a historic move set to transform rural India and
empower millions of Indians, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday launch
the physical distribution of Property Cards under the SVAMITVA Scheme via video
conferencing, the Prime Minister’s office said on Friday.
The launch will enable around one lakh property holders to download their
Property Cards through the SMS link delivered on their mobile phones.
This would be followed by physical distribution of the Property Cards by the
respective State governments.
These beneficiaries are from 763 villages across six states, including 346 from
Uttar Pradesh, 221 from Haryana, 100 from Maharashtra, 44 from Madhya Pradesh,
50 from Uttarakhand and 2 from Karnataka.
Beneficiaries from all these states except Maharashtra will receive the
physical copies of the Property Cards within one day – Maharashtra has a system
of recovering the nominal cost of Property Card, so it will take a month’s
time.
The move will pave the way for using property as a financial asset by villagers
for taking loans and other financial benefits. Also, this is the first time
ever that such a large-scale exercise involving the most modern means of
technology is being carried out to benefit millions of rural property owners.
Prime Minister will also be interacting with some of the beneficiaries during
the event.
Union Minister for Panchayati Raj will be present on the occasion.
SVAMITVA is a Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, which
was launched by the Prime Minister on National Panchayati Raj Day, April 24,
2020.The scheme aims to provide the ‘record of rights’ to village household
owners in rural areas and issue Property Cards.
The Scheme is being implemented across the country in a phased manner over a
period of four years (2020-2024) and would eventually cover around 6.62 lakh
villages of the country.
About 1 lakh villages in the States of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra,
Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Karnataka, and few border villages of Punjab
and Rajasthan, along with establishment of Continuous Operating System (CORS)
stations’ network across Punjab and Rajasthan, are being covered in the Pilot
phase (2020-21).
All these six States have signed MoU with Survey of India for drone survey of
rural areas and implementation of the scheme. These States have finalised the
digital property card format and the villages to be covered for drone-based
survey. States of Punjab and Rajasthan have signed MoU with Survey of India for
establishment of CORS network to assist in future drone flying activities.
Different States have different nomenclature for the Property Cards viz. ‘Title deed’ in Haryana, ‘Rural Property Ownership Records (RPOR)’ in Karnataka, ‘Adhikar Abhilekh’ in Madhya Pradesh, ‘Sannad’ in Maharashtra, ‘Svamitva Abhilekh’ in Uttarakhand and ‘Gharauni’ in Uttar Pradesh.(uni) (mediasaheb.com)
