SVAMITVA Scheme | UPSC

SVAMITVA Scheme | UPSC

      HEADLINES:

In a landmark event, PM to launch physical distribution of Property Cards under the SVAMITVA (Survey of villages and mapping with improvised technology in village areas) Scheme on 11th October.

      WHY IN NEWS:

Move set to have a transformative impact on rural India and empower millions

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      LEARNING: 

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      ISSUE: 

SVAMITVA SCHEME 

AIM

• SVAMITVA (Survey of villages and mapping with improvised technology in village areas) scheme is a new initiative of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.

• This documentation will be helpful ; so that they can use their property for economic purposes.
• The scheme is for surveying the land parcels in rural inhabited area using Drone technology.

OBJECTIVE

• 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.
• Creation of accurate land records for rural planning.

• Creation of survey infrastructure and GIS maps that can be leveraged by any department for their use.
• To support in preparation of better-quality Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) by making use of GIS maps.
• To reduce property related disputes and legal cases

FUNDING

• The scheme is proposed as a Central Sector scheme .
• The projected outlay is of Rs 79.65 crores for the pilot phase (FY 2020 -21) .

TIMELINE

• The respective State Government would finalise the list of villages at the time of signing MoU with Survey of India

COVERAGE

• There are about 6.62 lakh villages in the country which will be eventually covered in this scheme.
• The entire work is likely to be spread over a period of four years.
• Presently, the pilot phase is being approved for the year 2020-21.

• This will cover approx. 1 lakh villages and CORS network establishment is planned for two States (Punjab And Rajasthan).
• For the States, which have already done Abadi surveys, the scope and the process of the survey will be decided in Phase II .
• Phase II is post Pilot Phase and this will be in consultation with the States and SoI.

OUTCOMES

• The outcome from the scheme would include updating the ‘record-of-rights’ in the revenue/property registers.
• Thus , there will be issuance of property cards to the property owners.

• Further, this would also pave the way for clear determination of property tax.
• Altogether , which would accrue to the GPs leading to better civic amenities.

IMPLEMENTATION

      IASbhai WINDUP: 

• Survey of India shall work as the technology partner for implementation.
• The scheme aims to provide an integrated property validation solution for rural India.
• This is the first time ever that such a large-scale exercise involving modern means of technology is being carried out for rural property owners.
• Physical distribution of the Property Cards will be done by the respective State governments.­­­­
• These beneficiaries are from 763 villages across six States .
• This includes 346 from Uttar Pradesh, 221 from Haryana, 100 from Maharashtra, 44 from Madhya Pradesh, 50 from Uttarakhand and 2 from Karnataka.

• Maharashtra has a system of recovering the nominal cost of Property Card, so it will take a month’s time.

     SOURCES:THE HINDU & PIB | SVAMITVA Scheme | UPSC

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