Ministry of Panchayati Raj released the new framework for implementation of the SVAMITVA Scheme and Coffee Table Book (CTB) to mark the nationwide roll-out of the SVAMITVA Scheme today.
Context
Ministry of Panchayati Raj released the new framework for implementation of the SVAMITVA Scheme and Coffee Table Book (CTB) to mark the nationwide roll-out of the SVAMITVA Scheme today.
About the SWAMITVA Scheme
- Central Sector Scheme: SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) is a Central Sector Scheme.
- Ministry: The Scheme was launched by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. It is the nodal ministry for its
- It was launched on 24thApril 2020.
- Aim: It aims to promote a socio-economically empowered and self-reliant rural India.
- Record of rights: The scheme aims to provide the ‘record of rights’ to village household owners in rural abadi areas and issuance of Property cards.
- Technology: The Scheme has the potential to transform rural India using modern technical tools of mapping and surveying.
- Drones are being used for the purpose of survey
- Significance: It will give the way for using the property as a financial asset to villagers for availing loans and other financial benefits.
- Time Period: The Scheme will cover around 6.62 Lakh villages of the entire country for five years during 2021-2025.
- The pilot phase of the Scheme was implemented during 2020–2021 in the States of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and select villages of Punjab and Rajasthan.
Nomenclature of the property cards
Different States have different names used for the Property Cards
- ‘Title deed’ in Haryana
- ‘Rural Property Ownership Records (RPOR)’ in Karnataka
- ‘Adhikar Abhilekh’ in Madhya Pradesh
- ‘Sannad’ in Maharashtra
- ‘Patta’ in Rajasthan
- ‘Svamitva Abhilekh’ in Uttarakhand
- ‘Gharauni’ in Uttar Pradesh
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Framework for SVAMITVA Scheme implementation
- It is developed by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
- This provides a detailed roadmap and guidelines for the various States.
- Roadmap: It put forwards the scheme’s objectives, coverage, various components involved, year-wise funding pattern, survey approach and methodology, stakeholders involved and their roles and responsibility, monitoring and evaluation, and deliverables.
- Coffee Table Book on SVAMITVA Scheme: It is an effort to condense the vast efforts of various stakeholders involved in the implementation of the Scheme, learnings and best practices that have emerged during the course, glimpses of various challenges and success stories and provide a way forward.
