Lok Sabha Question No. 230 (STARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Digital Data of Land/Estate
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.230

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 RD  JANUARY, 2018

## DIGITAL DATA OF LAND / ESTATE

## *230.  SHRI  KAUSHALENDRA  KUMAR:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Ministry  has  prepared  digital  data  of  the  entire  land  /  properties  / estate under its jurisdiction:
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether illegal encroachment of defence land or property has been reported in the process of preparing digital data:
- (d) if so, the details thereof, location-wise and zone-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government is taking any effective measures to regain the said land / property and if so, the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                    (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

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(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 230 FOR ANSWER ON 3.1.2018

(a) Yes,  Madam.  Ministry  of  Defence  has  prepared  the  digital  data  of entire defence land-holding in software called 'Raksha Bhoomi'. (b) The  computerization  of  defence  land  records  under  the  project 'Raksha  Bhoomi'  was  undertaken  by  the  Directorate  General  of  Defence Estates  in  association  with  National  Informatics  Centre.  Defence  Land Records  contained  in  General  Land  Registers  (GLRs)  and  Military  Land Registers (MLRs) were entered in the Raksha Bhoomi software and  made operational after verification and authentication of database in July, 2011. (c) & (d): The  process  of integrating the data  on  encroachment  of defence land in the Raksha Bhoomi data base is an ongoing process. The State / UT-wise  details of total defence  land  reported  to  be  under encroachment as on 30.06.2017 is given at Annexure-A. (e) Detection, prevention and removal of encroachment is a continuous exercise. Action for removal of encroachments on defence land are taken under the provisions of Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants)  Act, 1971  as  well  as  under  the  Cantonment  Act,  2006.  Cases are also taken up with State or Municipal authorities for resolution of the problem. 1375.287 acres of defence lands have been freed from encroachment during the period from 31.03.2013 to 31.03.2017. Additionally, the Government has undertaken the following steps to check encroachment:

- (i) Strengthening of Defence land management by way of digitization  of  land  records;  conduct  of  survey,  demarcation and verification exercise of Defence lands.
- (ii) Defence land audit  has been institutionalized from 2011-12 as a continuing exercise.
- (iii) Issue of detailed instructions by the Government emphasizing the  need  for  ensuring  vigilance,  detection  and  prevention  of new encroachments.

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## ANNEXURE-A REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN THE STATEMENT IN PARTS (c)  &  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  230  FOR  ANSWER  ON 03.01.2018

## State/UT-wise details of Encroachments on Defence Land

| State                |   Area (in acres) |
|----------------------|-------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh       |           21.975  |
| Andaman & Nicobar    |           25.62   |
| Assam                |          368.182  |
| Arunachal Pradesh    |           87.8141 |
| Bihar                |          478.97   |
| Chandigarh           |            0      |
| Chhattisgarh         |          165.768  |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli |            0      |
| Daman & Diu          |            0      |
| Delhi                |          111.301  |
| Goa                  |            4.264  |
| Gujarat              |          164.619  |
| Haryana              |          734.411  |
| Himachal Pradesh     |           60.9865 |
| Jammu & Kashmir      |          425.878  |
| Jharkhand            |          304.93   |
| Karnataka            |          138.391  |
| Kerala               |            2.5539 |
| Lakshadweep          |            0      |
| Maharashtra          |          914.685  |
| Madhya Pradesh       |         1736.72   |
| Manipur              |            3.3208 |
| Meghalaya            |           10.6588 |
| Mizoram              |            0      |
| Nagaland             |          357.53   |
| Odisha               |            0.27   |
| Puducherry           |            0      |
| Punjab               |          369.958  |
| Rajasthan            |          484.223  |
| Sikkim               |            0.85   |
| Telangana            |           96.9958 |
| Tamilnadu            |          138.467  |
| Tripura              |            1      |
| Uttar Pradesh        |         2203.65   |
| Uttarakhand          |           55.6684 |
| West Bengal          |          559.096  |
| Total:               |        10028.8    |

Note: Some of the encroachments are subject to confirmation post joint survey by Defence and State revenue authorities. *******