Lok Sabha Question No. 1095 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-08
Subject: Digitisation of Land Records
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF LAND RESOURCES

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED  QUESTTON  NO. I 09s TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2018

## Digitisation of Land Records

## 1095. SHRI PONGULETI SRINIVAS REDDY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is implementing Digital India Land Records  Modernization Programme  (DILRMP) in order to streamline  the land records  across the country  and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of funds allocated under DILRMP to Telangana  during each of the last three years  and the current year;
- (c) whether the Govemment has appointed  a committee to monitor DILRMP process and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  any target has been fixed for State Governments  to complete  the digitisation  and modernization of land records across the country; and
- (e) if so, the details  thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI  RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

(a) to (e) The erstwhile National  Land Records Modemization  Programme  (NLRMP) was being implemented  as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme  since 2008-09. It has been revamped as the Digital India Land Records Modernization  Programme  (DILRMP)  in 2015-16.

The DILRMP has been made a Central Sector Scheme with cent per cent Central funding with effect from 0l't April 2016.

The DILRMP has the following components:

- l) Computerization of Land Records
- 2) SurveylResurveys  and updating  of the survey and settlement Records
- 3) Computerization of Registration
- 4) Modern Record Rooms-Land  Records Management Centre at Tahsil/Taluk/Circle/Block level
- 5) Training and capacity  building
- 6) Core GIS
- 7) Legal Changes and
- 8) Programme management

One or more components have been sanctioned in 457 districts of the 36 StatesAJnion Territories in the country.

States can supplement  and add State-specific  needs and requirements  as they may deem relevant and appropriate.

Rs.1399.83  crore has been released  in the country so far, of which Rs. 83.85 crore has been released to the State of Telangana.  Details of funds released  to the State of Telangana during the last flrree years and in the current  year are given below:

| Sl. No.   | Year                      |   tn Amount |
|-----------|---------------------------|-------------|
| 1         | 20t4-t5                   |       83.85 |
| 2.        | 2015-16                   |        0    |
| 3.        | 2016-17                   |        0    |
| 4.        | 2017-t8 (upto 3l-01-2018) |        0    |
| Total     | Total                     |       83.85 |

For sanctioning of projects and monitoring  and reviewing  of the programme,  a Project Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee has been set up in the Department of Land Resources (DoLR) at the national level. States / UTs have their own Monitoring  and Reviewing  Committee (s) at State / UT level as well as at District level for monitoring and reviewing the programme. The progress is also monitored  by the department  through the Central Management  Information System  (MIS) portal of DILRMP  developed by NIC and hosted  at URl:dilrmp.nic.in.

The programme  is demand driven, and its progress depends on the pace of implementation by the States / UTs.

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