Archive · 11 Sep 2026
Government Launches DILRMP 3.0 for Integrated Land Records
The government has started a new programme to organise land information digitally.
It is called DILRMP 3.0.
The programme will connect records, maps and registration information.
Every piece of land will receive a 14-digit identification number called Bhu-Aadhaar.
States will build their own connected land information systems.
Some registration offices will be upgraded into easier service centres.
Old paper records will be scanned, and revenue courts will be computerised.
The government says this could help farmers get loans and reduce visits to government offices.
The government launched DILRMP 3.0 with a Rs 565.5-crore outlay for 2026-31.
The programme will integrate land records, maps, registrations and related data through a GIS-based digital framework.
Each land parcel will receive a 14-digit Bhu-Aadhaar, or Unique Land Parcel Identification Number.
States will develop land stacks connected through APIs to create a federated national land stack.
The initiative includes modernised registration centres, digitised legacy records, computerised revenue courts and urban property cards.
- Who
- The Union government, led in the launch by Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, launched DILRMP 3.0.
- What
- The government launched operational guidelines for the third phase of the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme, with a Rs 565.5-crore outlay.
- When
- The guidelines were launched on Thursday, September 11; the programme covers 2026-31.
- Where
- The programme will be implemented across all Indian states and Union territories.
- Why
- It aims to create an integrated digital land-management system, improve access to institutional credit and reduce repeated visits to government offices.
- Programme
- Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme 3.0
- Outlay
- Rs 565.5 crore for 2026-31
- Land identifier
- A 14-digit Bhu-Aadhaar, or Unique Land Parcel Identification Number, will be assigned to every land parcel.
- State land stacks
- States can integrate land-related datasets and systems through application programming interfaces.
- Registration offices
- Seventy-five high-footfall sub-registrar offices will be modernised as registration seva kendras.
- Central funding
- The programme will receive 100 per cent central funding, released in phases based on performance.
- Earlier progress
- The government reported digitisation of 99.9 per cent of records of rights, 97 per cent of cadastral maps and computerisation of 99 per cent of sub-registrar offices.