Archive · 25 Jul 2025
Parliamentary Panel Flags Delays in Rural Land Ownership Scheme
Imagine the government wants to give people in the countryside official papers showing who owns their land.
It's like giving everyone a title deed.
This is called the SVAMITVA scheme.
The government uses drones to take pictures of the land and make detailed maps.
A group of people in the government checked how the scheme is doing, and they said it's not going as fast as planned.
Some villages haven't been surveyed yet.
They want the government to speed things up by helping states with money and expertise.
This helps people get loans and settle any land disputes.
Parliamentary panel expresses concerns about SVAMITVA scheme's slow progress.
The scheme aims to verify rural land ownership and issue property cards.
Drone surveys have been completed in approximately 318,000 villages.
Full coverage by 2025 may face delays due to surveys still pending in 30,000 villages.
The panel recommends accelerating surveys and providing support to states.
- Who
- The Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj and the central government.
- What
- The Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj assessed the SVAMITVA scheme's progress.
- When
- The committee submitted its report to Parliament.
- Where
- Across Indian states and Union territories.
- Why
- To provide property ownership records, help villagers access credit, and reduce land-related disputes.
Concerns over slow implementation
Government's Perspective
Implementation Pace and Funding
Concerns over slow implementation
The parliamentary panel observes slow progress and insufficient funds provided.
Government's Perspective
Government acknowledges delays but aims to complete work by the end of 2025-26.
- Scheme Name
- SVAMITVA
- Launched
- April 2020
- Objective
- Provide property ownership records to rural households
- Focus
- Surveying rural lands using drones
- Completed Drone Surveys
- Approximately 318,000 villages
- Villages Yet To Be Surveyed
- 30,000
- Expected Completion (Drone Surveys)
- End of 2025-26