Drone mapping has been completed in 4,582 (40.53%) villages in Rajasthan under the central government’s SWAMITVA scheme, which aims to provide a ‘record of rights’ to village household owners possessing houses in inhabited areas, a ministry of panchayati raj data stated.
In all, drone mapping has been completed in 1,63,795 villages across the country. The minister of state for panchayati raj Kapil Moreshwar Patil informed "SVAMITVA aims to provide the 'record of rights' to village household owners possessing houses in inhabited areas (Abadi) through issuance of legal ownership rights (property cards/title deeds). The scheme aims to cover 6.62 lakh villages in the country from the financial year 2020-21 to 2024-25. It is being implemented with the collaborative efforts of the ministry of panchayati raj, Survey of India (SoI), state revenue departments, state panchayati raj departments and National Informatics Center (NIC)."
States need to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with SoI for implementation of the scheme. So far, 31 states/Union territories have signed MoUs with SoI," it further stated. "Setting up interim targets for the states/UTs and Survey of India, regular meeting with states/Survey of India for monitoring, four level monitoring system at national, state, district and panchayat, hand-holding of states/Union Territories (UTs) etc. are some of the steps taken by the government for the expedition of the scheme.
