DIGITISATION OF LAND RECORDS
Property digitisation benefits all: Enhancing transparency and efficiency in the real estate sector
The new government announces assistance for 3 crore homes under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, reinforcing GoI's commitment to affordable housing and potentially boosting GDP by over $500 bn.
Property digitisation benefits all: Enhancing transparency and efficiency in the real estate sector
The new government announces assistance for 3 crore homes under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), potentially boosting GDP by over $500 billion.
Will an empowered Modi bring back a big-bang reform?
If exit polls are accurate and Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns to power with a strong majority, major economic reforms are expected. This might include revisiting land acquisition laws to facilitate industrial growth. Land reforms are crucial for India's manufacturing ambitions. Digitisation of land records could streamline processes and accelerate development projects.
View: Your first 100 days to-do list, Gov
The upcoming government will have its work cut out for it as it steps into power following the conclusion of the 18th Lok Sabha polls. While the current administration has made strides in improving the business environment in India, there are key reforms that the new government must prioritize to fully capitalize on the country's growth potential.
100-day agenda: Digitisation of land records among key reforms of new government
Centre's priority: digitize land records by 2026 with ₹1,035 crore, part of key land reforms in 100-day agenda. Aims to streamline land acquisition, reduce disputes, and expedite infrastructure projects.
India too big to ignore; where to find value in a market hitting record highs? Samir Arora answers
Samir Arora, Founder of Helios Capital, discusses the performance of HDFC Bank, his investment in Paytm, and the attractiveness of PSU names. He highlights the impact of mega trends like digitisation and China plus one strategy on the Indian market. Arora also emphasizes the importance of FII flows. Many investors following trend had landed up in China and put big amounts and have burnt their fingers. They now want to come to India
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Adverse climate, delay in land acquisition, forest clearances pose challenges to BRO in NE
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) faces major challenges in executing projects in the vulnerable high-altitude stretches of the North-East region due to tough terrain, climate conditions, and delay in land acquisition and forest clearances. Rainfall in the region persists for almost seven to eight months, limiting road construction work.
ET Explainer: Land records digitisation to aid effective policy making
The government's move to digitise land records is set to transform the country's age-old land management system. This initiative, under the 'Digital India' programme, involves conversion of paper-based records into electronic formats. More than 94% of rights records and state-specific registration offices have already been digitised under the 'Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme'. Digitisation of land records holds immense significance, as it has the potential to enhance transparency in land-related transactions, reduce property ownership disputes and make land management efficient. The government has been proactive in promoting digitisation of land records. Initiatives such as the National Land Records Modernisation Programme and the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme have been pivotal in driving this process.
28,000 and counting: That’s the 2023 layoff data from startup land
Startups have been the worst hit this year since the highs of aggressive hiring from 2021, data from Longhouse Consulting shared exclusively with ET showed.
Buying property in Delhi? You can check all land records online now
The revenue department of the Delhi government has initiated an effort to make all land records publicly accessible to the public in order to prevent property fraud, eradicate corruption, and rule out any delays in the registration of sale titles
President Murmu presents Bhoomi Samman awards
President Droupadi Murmu presented the Bhoomi Samman awards to 68 district collectors and nine state secretaries for their accomplishments in the Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP). The DILRMP is an attempt to develop an integrated land information management system across the country. Digitisation of land records creates transparency and improves rural development.
View: Digitisation and proper mapping of land records could lead to substantial economic prosperity
Getting more land security is one of the many goals that world leaders signed up to achieve by 2030 when they set the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015. This year, we will be at halftime for these global goals, but we are nowhere near halfway to completion.
Punjab govt to digitise all land records
Mann, according to an official release, also said the records must be available in simple Punjabi language so that people have no difficulty reading it. He also directed officials to properly maintain record rooms at state, as well as district and sub division levels.
Government to set up task force for land governance in North-Eastern states
A task force will be set up for land governance in the North-Eastern states, the Union Rural Development Ministry said on Wednesday. The decision was taken at the recently concluded National Conference on "Land Governance in North Eastern States" held in Guwahati, Assam on May 3-4.
From people's scheme to tech quagmire: How digital 'surgical strike' hits MGNREGA workers
The latest digitisation efforts, ostensibly to weed out corruption and ensure fiscal transparency, have deviated from the primary objective of the scheme - to provide guaranteed 100 days of employment to adult members of rural households in every financial year.
Land record 'digitisation, security help in attracting investors' to J&K
In January 2021, LG Manoj Sinha introduced the J&K industrial policy which stated that capital investment incentives would be made available at 30% in Zone A (urban) and 50% in Zone B (rural) on investments made in plant and machinery (in manufacturing) or construction of building and other durable physical assets (in the services sector).
IITs score highest with record offers in 2022
In fact, the number of those not receiving job offers had even worsened due to the nationwide lockdowns in early 2020. However, riding high on record placements due to rapid digitisation and a revival in hiring sentiment, the Class of 2022 has not only bagged the highest number of offers ever but has also seen a 15-25% increase in the number of students getting placed against pandemic-hit previous batch.
Digitizing land records in India: Centre's challenge to alleviate concerns around it and bring states on board
The Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP) was launched in 2016 as a central sector scheme. According to data available with the department of land resources, 58,10,300 plots in 18 states and Union territories have so far been surveyed and ULPINs assigned.
Budget digitisation initiatives could lead to $10.7 billion spend on technology services
The government could spend more than $10 billion on technology solutions across IT, data centres, platforms, software and telecom, the technology forecaster has said. Around 50% of this investment will be directed towards IT services and software solutions, it said.
Govt aims to create national farmers database using digital land records: Narendra Singh Tomar
"As a first step in this direction, the government has already initiated building federated farmers' database that would serve as the core of the envisaged Agristack," Tomar said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
Benami property deals under taxman’s lens, issues hundreds of notices
As various govt departments start sharing data with each other, the income tax department has started going after benami properties, or real estate assets bought under pseudo or fake names.
Bihar's all-India ranking in land records digitisation improves from 23 to eight in a year
N-LRSI was formulated by economic think-tank National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) to gauge the extent of digitisation of land records and improvement in the quality of records as a result of digitisation.
Only 13 states allow online mode of payment for property registration: Report
The survey is based on data collected over 2020-21 on two aspects of land records — the extent of digitisation and the quality of these records. Madhya Pradesh has emerged the top performer, followed by West Bengal, Odisha, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.
India's poor risk loss of privacy, land in drive to digitise records
India's national land record modernisation programme seeks to re-survey lands, verify and upgrade records, and put the information online by 2021. Authorities have said this will enable them to monitor land sales more easily, increase tax revenue and reduce corruption.
Finance ministry clears advance funding proposal for Digital Land Records programme
Under the Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme, government has achieved over 90 per cent of digitisation of land records. Out of the identified 6,55,959 villages, land records have been computerised in 90.1 per cent or 5,91,221 villages across the country.
New high-resolution maps to unlock land value in six lakh villages
The high-resolution maps being prepared by the Survey of India will lead to complete digitisation of land records in India. This is going to be a giant leap for the country. The current maps have been made on a 1:50,000 scale. The new maps will offer 1:500 resolution, meaning 1 cm on the map will represent 500 cm on the ground.
Soon, lands will have Aadhaar-like unique ID numbers
Disputes over land, validity of titles & rightful ownership account for two-thirds of pending cases in India.
Industrial policy may leverage blockchain tech to digitise land records for easy loans to MSMEs
The proposed industrial policy may suggest leveraging of blockchain technology to digitise land records to enable MSMEs to access easy loans against assets or properties.
Bengaluru land, property records to be linked to Aadhaar from July
The project will be carried out by department of survey settlement and land records, starting with one selected ward of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.
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