Staff Reporter
Guwahati: Of the 1095 villages in Assam targeted under the Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Rural Areas (SVAMITVA) scheme, mapping has been completed in 861 villages, and maps for 765 villages have been handed over to the state government. The state government is now carrying out the requisite process for preparation of property cards.
Many states have already completed the process of preparing the property cards and have handed them over to the villagers concerned. But not a single card has been handed over to the villagers whose property has been surveyed. SVAMITVA is a Central Sector scheme of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, which provides a ‘Record of Rights’ to village household owners with the issuance of legal ownership cards (Property cards/Title deeds) to the property owners by mapping land parcels using drone technology. The scheme is being implemented in the state by the Revenue and Disaster Management Department.
According to the information provided by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, of the 1,095 villages in Assam targeted for coverage under the SVAMITVA scheme, mapping has been completed in 861 villages, and maps have been handed over to the state government for 765 villages.
The funds for the implementation of the scheme are provided to the Survey of India for Large Scale Mapping (LSM) using drones and establishing Continuous Operating Reference Stations (CORS) for 31 states and UTs, including Assam, which have onboarded the scheme. As to the details of funds released to the Survey of India till now, Rs 1,16,54,14,455 has been allocated for the establishment of CORS and Rs 2,49,53,16,599 for LSM.
Funds amounting to Rs 35,00,40,987 have also been released to NIC (through NIC-Services Inc.) to date to support the National Project Monitoring Unit (NPMU), enhancements to the Spatial Planning Application ‘Gram Manchitra,’ central infrastructure, and other technical and software requirements.
Further, funding is also provided to the States/UTs for Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) activities and establishing State Project Monitoring Units (SPMUs).
Since the inception of the SVAMITVA scheme, of the total amount of Rs 1.09 crores released to Assam under IEC and SPMU components, Rs 61.64 lakhs has been utilized.
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