Swamitva Yojana: Brief Overview

Rajdeep Saini

24 Nov, 2020

The Prime Minister of India on 11^th October 2020 has launched the scheme of physical distribution of the property cards in accordance with the “Survey of Village and Mapping with improvised technology in Village Areas” (SVAMITVA) scheme through video conferencing. This will facilitate the people living in rural areas who can now take loans from their banks on their property in the village under PM Swamitva Scheme. Prime Minister Modi has also launched the E-Gram portal with it on the National Panchayati Raj Day along with this scheme.

Initially, this scheme is launched in the trail mode for 6 states i.e. Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh. This scheme further provides help in mapping plots on the village land through the help of drones; this will ultimately lead to resolving of land disputes.

The process to apply online for the Swamitva Scheme

These are the following steps to be registered under the scheme:

Step 1 – > The first step is to visit the Swamitva yojana portal online.

Step 2 – > Inthesecondstep, after making the login, the applicantwill find the link to the new registration.

Step 3 – > After clicking the link, the applicant accordingly will fill the details in the registration forms and will also update the necessary documents as asked in the form.

Step 4 – > At last, the applicants shall click on the “Submit button”.

After completing the entire above-mentioned step, the applicant can take the printout of the completed applicant form for future use.

Advantages under Swamitva Yojana Scheme

 There are following advantages to get registered under the scheme

• Rural people will be provided with the ownership records as proof of owning the land.
• The villagers who are using populated lands on or after 25^th of September, 2018, will be provided the following land, for which they will be qualified to get the land ownership records.
• Under this scheme, the villagers will get ownership and records certificates of the possession of their property.

Working of the Swamitva Yojana work

1. Under this scheme of ownership, the residential land of the villagers will be measured by the drones.
2. Further, the drones will create a digital map of all the property within the jurisdiction of the village limits.
3. Also, it must be noted that the limit of each and every revenue block will be fixed
4. By the use of the drone technology, each and every house in the area is measured precisely
5. The state administration will generate a property card for every house in the village area.

Departments under PM Swamitva Yojna

The following are the 4 departments under Pradhan Mantri Swamitva Yojan:

• Ministry of the Panchayati Raj
• State Panchayati Raj Department
• State Revenue Department
• Survey of India

Main benefits and features of the Swamitva Yojana

 The following are the benefits and features of this scheme:

1. The main aim of this Swamitva Yojana is to choose the record of the residential land and its ownership in rural areas in India.
2. The main need for this scheme is to arise after it is revealed that the villagers have no record of their residential lands and also they are not able to provide the necessary documents to prove the ownership. This scheme helped to record their residential land.
3. This Scheme has provided the right to property to the people in rural areas of the residential land.
4. It will help to reduce the land disputes arise over the land.
5. Under this scheme, the drones will be used for effectively measurement of the land.
6. To accomplish this purpose, the most advanced technology like Google mapping will be used.
7. When the record of the residential property is completed, then the tax is collected from the possessor of the property.
8. The money which is collected through the tax will be used for the rural infrastructure.
9. As all this process is conducted online, people will be able to check all the details regarding their property online itself.
10. All the details of the land will be shown on the village e-swaraj portal^[1].

Conclusion

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