Archive · 25 Jul 2025

Parliamentary Panel Flags Delays in Rural Land Ownership Scheme

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.

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