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Swamitva Yojana To Launch In Indore Amid Patwari Concerns
A government property-recording scheme will begin in Indore on September 17.
Nitin Nabin and Mohan Yadav will launch it.
The scheme creates official records for homes and other private properties in rural villages.
Officials have already prepared 68.47 lakh rights records in 41,568 villages.
About 50 lakh properties will be registered without charging the owners.
The government will pay the stamp and registration costs.
Camps will be held at local panchayat offices in three rounds.
Some patwaris are worried they could face legal trouble, but the Revenue Department says they should not have problems if they do their work correctly.
BJP national president Nitin Nabin and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav will launch the Swamitva Yojana in Indore on September 17.
Rights records have been prepared for inhabited rural land in 41,568 villages, covering 68.47 lakh records.
Around 50 lakh private properties will be registered free, with the government paying stamp and registration costs.
Panchayat-level camps will take place from September 17-19, September 24-26 and October 1-3.
Patwaris are concerned about being named executants in future civil cases, while the Revenue Department says safeguards have been worked out.
- Who
- BJP national president Nitin Nabin, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, state revenue officials and patwaris.
- What
- The Swamitva Yojana will be launched, with free registration planned for around 50 lakh private rural properties.
- Where
- Indore, Madhya Pradesh, with registration camps at the panchayat level across the state.
- When
- The launch is scheduled for September 17; camps are planned for September 17-19, September 24-26 and October 1-3.
- Why
- To prepare and register rights records for inhabited rural land and private properties.
Patwari Concerns
Government Position
Responsibility for registrations
Patwari Concerns
Patwaris oppose being named as executants because they fear they could become parties to future civil suits involving the registered deeds.
Government Position
The Revenue Department says patwaris are the government’s authorised officials for conducting the registries and that the government is the original owner.
Legal protection
Patwari Concerns
Patwari Sangh president Upendra Baghel said discussions with the government had not yet resolved the demand to remove patwaris as executants.
Government Position
Principal Secretary of Revenue E Rameshkumar said solutions had already been worked out and patwaris would face no problem unless they made a mistake.
Key facts
- Launch location
- Indore, Madhya Pradesh
- Launch date
- September 17
- Rights records prepared
- 68.47 lakh records
- Villages covered
- 41,568 villages
- Properties targeted for registration
- Around 50 lakh private properties
- Beneficiary cost
- Registration will be free; the government will pay stamp and registration costs
- Delivery method
- Registered deeds will be sent through beneficiaries’ registered WhatsApp numbers
Sources
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