What is SVAMITVA Scheme?
- The SVAMITVA scheme’s primary goal is to offer rural India a comprehensive property validation solution.
- For the first time ever, a massive exercise employing the most cutting-edge drone technology is being conducted to the advantage of millions of rural property owners in every town across the nation.
- On April 24, 2020—National Panchayat Day—it was launched.
- The Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) will function as the Nodal Ministry for this programme.
- Under this programme, landowners will receive property cards from the government authorities.
- For the purpose of defining rural abadi areas, drone surveying technology and Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) will be deployed.
- This will enable homeowners to own their homes in populated areas and utilise them as collateral for loans or other forms of financing.
- Over the course of four years, beginning in 2020 and finishing in 2024, all settlements will eventually have their regions mapped utilising drones.
- Only 6 states currently qualify for the programme: Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, and Karnataka.
- The Revenue Department or Land Records Department, State Panchayati Raj Department, and Nodal Ministry will collaborate in each state to carry out the scheme’s goals.
- The project’s pilot phase has been given a budget of Rs 79.65 crores, which is supported by the nation’s central government.
Advantage and Mechanism of the SVAMITVA Scheme
The SVAMITVA Scheme (Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) intends to provide property cards to property owners and offer a “Record of Rights” to village household owners who own homes in populated rural areas. The DigiLocker programme allows property owners in populated rural areas to download the Aadhaar authenticated property card to their smartphones. Around 13.13 crore households are anticipated to benefit from the Scheme, according to projections from India’s rural Socio-Economic and Caste Census-2011 (SECC-2011).