3 weeks ago
3
The Karnataka Revenue Department is readying to integrate e-Swathu, the digitally verified agrarian spot records system, with the Centre’s Svamitva Yojana (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology successful Village Areas) to bring each agrarian property-related accusation onto a azygous platform, including sketches and geo-site images features that are presently not disposable successful e-Swathu.
Confirming the development, officials from the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Department and the Survey Settlement and Land Records (SSLR) Department told The Hindu that the determination would assistance digitally representation roads, drains and unfastened spaces successful villages, making it easier to place encroachments connected nationalist spaces and bring each colony property-related details nether 1 system.
Pilot study
A examination of spot records nether the Svamitva scheme and the RDPR Department highlighted that thousands of properties surveyed utilizing drones are inactive to beryllium brought nether authorities records.
A aviator survey conducted to recognize this was done successful 10 villages, which recovered that 5,089 properties had been mapped nether the Centre’s Svamitva scheme. However, lone 2,306 properties- astir 45%- had due integer spot records, known arsenic PID Khata, successful the State’s e-Swathu system. Another 1,366 properties (27%) were linked lone done aged manual Khatas, portion 1,417 properties (28%) had no Khata records astatine all.
Three retired of 10 properties extracurricular records
The officials said that three out of each 10 surveyed properties are inactive extracurricular the authoritative spot records strategy contempt being mapped done the Svamitva exercise. The information shows a large spread betwixt drone survey information and existing authorities onshore records, owed to the enlargement of Gram Panchayat Habitation areas overmuch beyond the official Gramathana area.
The mismatch is more evident in immoderate villages. In Kurubarahalli village, for example, 217 properties were surveyed under the Svamitva, but not a azygous property had a PID Khata in the e-Swathu database.
Randeep D., secretary, RDPR (PR), said that successful Karnataka, radical successful agrarian areas are already capable to avail loans utilizing Panchayat Khata documents done Forms 9 and 11. He said the State is truthful looking to spell beyond the Centre’s basal nonsubjective of indebtedness facilitation under the Svamitva.
Phase I
As portion of Phase I of the amalgamation, the authorities plans to behaviour first-time surveys of unsurveyed gramathana areas and make authoritative integer records for specified colony settlements. “The purpose is to transform the Svamitva into a broader land modernisation initiative, not constricted to spot loans alone, but focused connected creating reliable records, GIS-based decision-making and semipermanent benefits for agrarian governance,” helium said.
Why integration?
Explaining the request for integrating the Svamitva with e-Swathu, the authoritative said the Svamitva database has been created for 11.40 lakh properties crossed the State. Of these, implicit 2.80 lakh properties are located within gramathana areas, portion much than 8.60 lakh are outside gramathana limits. The analysis, Mr. Randeep said, showed that respective properties mapped under the Svamitva are not afloat reflected successful Gram Panchayat spot registers oregon e-Swathu records.
Venkat Raja, Commissioner, SSLR, said that integrating the Svamitva data with e-Swattu could assistance automatically update spot records, identify houses that bash not have Khatas, amended taxation postulation by Gram Panchayats and trim duplication and errors caused by manual entries. Creating 1 communal integer database for spot records crossed departments is expected to marque national services easier portion reducing fake spot cards and duplications.
Drone surveys person been done for astir 96% of targeted area and for astir 20% of country verified information is ready.
Officials said drone-mapping enactment has been carried retired nether the Swamitva Scheme by some the Survey of India and backstage agencies successful antithetic districts implicit the past fewer years. In 7 districts, lone residential areas person been surveyed truthful far, portion Bengaluru Urban, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts are yet to beryllium taken up fully.
In Phase II, the section plans to seek assistance from the Survey Department to recognize however properties were mapped nether the Svamitva and bid the RDPR unit to representation the remaining properties truthful the inaugural tin beryllium expanded further, Mr. Randeep said. He added that portion spot records beryllium crossed each districts, galore inactive deficiency implicit details specified arsenic nonstop measurements and geo-location data, which would beryllium addressed by integrating e-Swathu and Swamitva data.
