The drone survey work under Svamitva Yojana has been completed in 36,054 villages of Rajasthan. Through this scheme, ownership cards have been distributed to more than 19 lakh rural families of the state as official documents of their property.
A review meeting regarding the progress of Svamitva Yojana was held on Saturday at Chintan Auditorium in the Government Secretariat. Chief Secretary V. Srinivas chaired this meeting and gave necessary guidelines to departmental officers as well as district collectors through video conferencing. He said that in view of the proposed 'Pragati' review meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 25, all district collectors must ensure uploading the progress report of their districts on the portal.
Progress and statistics of the scheme
During the meeting, Government Secretary and Commissioner Panchayati Raj Dr. Joga Ram gave information about the progress of various phases of the scheme. He informed that out of 36,277 notified populated villages of the state, drone survey has been completed in 36,054 villages, which is 99.4 percent of the total villages. Apart from this, more than 19 lakh 9 thousand ownership cards have been distributed so far in the state and ground verification of 27,705 villages has also been completed.
The Chief Secretary said that getting solid documents of their property through Svamitva Yojana is helping rural families in obtaining loans from banks and is boosting economic activities. This has also reduced land-related disputes in rural areas.
Instructions to complete remaining tasks in a time-bound manner
Officials in the meeting informed that 14.25 lakh property cards prepared after the survey in rural areas will be distributed soon. Re-drone survey has also been done in some villages for mapping of buildings. Principal Government Secretary Revenue and Colonization T. Ravikant, Land Management Commissioner Alpa Chaudhary along with other officers of the Survey of India were present in the meeting.