Giving 2.20 lakh digital title deeds in unrecognised habitations in two years is a record for Karnataka, says Revenue Minister

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As the authorities is gearing up to supply integer rubric deeds for properties of implicit 1.1 lakh families successful unrecognised habitations successful Karnataka, connected February 14 successful Haveri, it is acceptable to make a grounds of sorts.

To people 1000 days

“We person already provided integer rubric deeds to implicit 1.1 lakh families successful unrecognised habitations of the State past twelvemonth and are acceptable to supply certificates to different 1.1 lakh families present to people completion of 1,000 days of our governance. Providing rubric deeds to 2.2 lakh families successful unrecognised habitations successful 2 years is simply a record. Also this is 1 of the largest numbers successful the country,” Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda told The Hindu.

An estimated 10 to 12 lakh radical are expected to payment successful the past 2 years owing to these measures.

Possession certificates had been fixed to 1.08 lakh specified families by the erstwhile BJP government. However, they were not the integer ones.

Cannot beryllium tampered with

“These integer rubric deeds cannot beryllium tampered with oregon lost. Under this drive, the authorities officials themselves person gone to the doorsteps of beneficiaries to place them without asking them to use for rubric deeds,” helium said.

“We are registering these rubric deeds with sub-registrars done implicit deeds. The beneficiaries volition person to wage lone the scanning charges. In summation to this, the beneficiaries volition besides get e-swathu – instauration of a rubric successful the panchayat records successful their name. This is the implicit completion of their ownership process,” the Minister maintained.

Not recognised

“These are habitations that existed for 30 to 100 years, but ne'er had designation of a village. They bash not beryllium connected immoderate authorities record. Since they are not portion of authoritative records, it was not imaginable arsenic per norms to supply them immoderate nationalist infrastructure similar hospitals and schools oregon civic amenities. However, connected humanitarian grounds, specified facilities were being fixed successful the past decennary by violating the norms,” the Minister explained.

The State had 6,500 unrecognised habitations erstwhile the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964, was amended to state them arsenic gross villages successful 2016. Of them, 1,557 were declared arsenic gross villages till May, 2023. In the past two-and-a-half years, different 3,000 habitations person been fixed recognition. Similar measures are successful the pipeline for different 1,300 habitations, the Minister noted.

Published - February 13, 2026 12:47 americium IST

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