Context:
Union Minister of Rural Development and Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare to inaugurate the National Geospatial Knowledge-based Land Survey of Urban Habitations (NAKSHA)
NAKSHA:
- Announced in 2024 as part of Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP).
- Objective – To create and update land records in urban areas to ensure reliable documentation of land ownership.
- 1-year pilot programme covering 152 Urban Local Bodies across 26 States and 3 UTs.
- Nationwide rollout will be held after the success of the pilot programme.
- Technical Partner – Survey of India (conducting aerial surveys and providing orthorectified imagery).
DILRMP:
- Launched in – 2016, revamping the National Land Record Modernization Programme
- Aim – To modernize land record management, reduce disputes, and enhance transparency in land transactions.
- Central Sector Scheme with 100% Centre funding.
- Implemented by – Department of Land Resources under the Ministry of Rural Development.
- Key Components – Land & registration computerization, Revenue Court digitization, Aadhaar integration (voluntary), etc.
- Key Initiatives – Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) or Bhu-Aadhar, BHOOMI SAMMAN, etc
Source: PIB
Previous Year Question
With reference to land reforms in independent India, which one of the following statements is correct?
[UPSC Civil Service Exam – 2019 Prelims]
(a) The ceiling laws were aimed at family holdings and not individual holdings.
(b) The major aim of land reforms was providing agricultural land to all the landless.
(c) It resulted in cultivation of cash crops as a predominant form of cultivation.
(d) Land reforms permitted no exemptions to the ceiling limits.
Answer: (b)