Govt ordered survey after receiving a raft of graft complaints, says Haryana revenue & disaster management minister. Maximum number of 'tainted' officials in Kaithal.
Karnataka, Maharashtra & Gujarat have effective urban land records systems, but most cities struggle with old data & many agencies. A plan to digitise land records in 150 cities will help untangle the web.
The programme to digitise land records is improving access to land-related data and services, but challenges such as poor record quality and outdated maps remain.
The workshop, held at the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, brought together national and international experts to discuss best practices and the latest technologies for urban land record modernization, a PIB press release stated.
Land & property record systems in most cities are not updated due to reasons such as manpower shortages & multiple authorities. Govt plans to create geo-spatially enabled records.
Consultations ongoing, solutions may be presented at meeting with PM later this year. This comes after impact of similar efforts to bring reforms in land, property records in villages.
The transliteration in 22 languages in 1st phase will widen reach of Record of Rights — currently maintained by state in local language — ensure ease of doing business & in legal matters.
Indian Express found 14 such purchases near temple site. Some, linked to Mahesh Yogi's Maharishi Ramayan Vidyapeeth Trust, raise 'critical questions of conflict of interest'.
The government of India can profitably look at the N-LRSI experience as an instrument to secure improvement in the domain of land records and services.
Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell report indicates that the sharp increase in import bill was largely driven by high crude prices, rather than a rise in quantity of crude purchased.
India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.
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