SVAMITVA SCHEME
The SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) Scheme has recently been conferred with the National Award for e-Governance 2023 for Application of Emerging Technologies for Providing Citizen Centric Services.
Objectives
- Creation of accurate land records for rural planning and reduce property related disputes.
- To bring financial stability to the citizens in rural India by enabling them to use their property as a financial asset for taking loans and other financial benefits.
- Determination of property tax, which would accrue to the GPs directly in States where it is devolved or else, add to the State exchequer.
- Creation of survey infrastructure and GIS maps that can be leveraged by any department for their use.
- To support the preparation of a better quality Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) by making use of GIS maps
Salient Features:
It is a Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj formally launched in 2021.
- It was launched to provide rural India with an integrated inhabited (Abadi) proper ownership solution.
o This will provide the ‘record of rights’ to village household owners in the form of Property Cards/Title Deeds.
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- The scheme aims to cover 6.62 lakh villages from the Financial Year 2020-21 to the Financial Year 2024-25.
- Financial outlay: Rs. 566 crore for 5 years, 2020-25.
The main activities under the Scheme are
o Large Scale mapping using Drones: Rural inhabited (Abadi) areas would be mapped by Survey of India using drone Survey.
✓ Maps generated are geo-referenced maps capturing digital images of properties in rural abadi areas.
✓ The preparation and distribution of Property Cards based on maps generated is the responsibility of the respective State Government.
o Establishment of Continuous Operating Reference Station (CORS): The CORS network supports accurate Geo-referencing, ground truthing and demarcation of lands.
o SVAMITVA Dashboard: A centralised online monitoring and reporting dashboard for real time progress monitoring of SVAMITVA implementation.
o Digi Locker App: Beneficiaries can view and download the property card through the DigiLocker App.
o Gram Manchitra: Funds released to the National Informatics Centre (NIC) for the Enhancement of the Spatial Planning Application ‘Gram Manchitra’ and Central Infrastructure.
o Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) activities to spread awareness of the scheme.
o Setting of Programme management unit at National and State levels.
