Table 2 - Department of Land Resources

Introduction
The Government of India took early note, way back in 1988-89, for the requirements of
the Information System for Land Records Management of the county. Management of
land records and the associated issues are the responsibilities of the respective State
Governments. The evolution of land management is a long process and has roots in
historical times of India and the documents and process invariably vary from region to
region and State to State. NIC was chosen as Information Technology Consultant to
prepare the Information System as per the needs of the State and support the necessary
Information Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure at various levels.
Respective NIC State units prepared (studied the system, developed and maintained) the
software package suiting to State specific need and the same information system is being
implemented in more then 500 districts and 4000 tehsils/taluks. This information system
is catering to the needs of the citizen with reference to collection of the basic land records
documents like the certified copy of Records of Right (ROR) and crop/revenue details of
the land parcel. These documents are maintained in various formats as prescribed by the
State Government and are identified by various names like P1, Adangal Pahani, Khatoni,
khata, Jamabandi, chitta and 7/12. These manuals /registers vary from State to State with
respect to record keeping and updation.
Government of India decided in 2008 to merge the then Computerisation of Land
Records (CLR) and Strengthening of Revenue Administration and Updating of Land
Records (SRA&ULR) under a new scheme in the name of National Land Records
Modernization Programme (NLRMP). This integrated programme would modernize
management of land records, minimize the scope of the land disputes, enhance
transparency in the land records maintenance system and facilitate moving eventually
towards guaranteed conclusive titles to immovable properties in the country.
This integrated programme would eventually modernize land records management,
reduce workload and minimize manipulations, land disputes and moving to guarantee
conclusive title to immovable properties in long term. The major components of the
programme are computerization of land records, digitization of existing cadastral maps,
inclusion of maps with RoR and maps, undertaking survey/resurvey to depict true ground
positions and boundaries, automation of registration process, integration of registration
process with mutation for updation of records and strengthening the capacities of revenue
and registration staff to handle new instruments/equipments and technologies.
Computerisation of Land Records has been in practice for quite some time now and
various states have already made significant headway in this regard. While Record Of
Rights (RoR) data has been converted to electronic form by many states long back, the
preservation and manipulation of Parcel maps on electronic media had been eluding due
to cost and technology constraints till recent past. Though some states have taken
initiative in this matter the solution provided by them was limited to scanning and
printing the maps or generating the MIS reports based on digitized maps. The real need
was to have a mechanism not only to store and secure the digitized maps but also to edit
them to reflect the actual changes arising out of mutations.
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