Lok Sabha Question No. 5082 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Digitisaton of Defence Land/Property
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5082

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th  JULY, 2019

## DIGITISATON OF DEFENCE LAND/PROPERTY

5082. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWAR:

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

- (a) whether his Ministry has prepared digital data of the entire land/properties/estate under its jurisdiction;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof;
- (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)  the effective measures taken to regain the said land/property?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

रक्षा राज्य मंत्री

( श्री श्रीपाद नाईक )

- (a) Yes, Sir.
- (b)   The computerization of defence land records under project 'Raksha Bhoomi' to digitize land records 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  31.12.2018  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.  Additionally,  the  Government  has  undertaken  the following steps to check encroachment:

(i)  Strengthening  of  defence  land  management  by  way  of  digitisation  of  land records, survey, demarcation and verification of defence lands and land Audit.

(ii)  Issue of detailed instructions by the Government emphasizing the need for ensuring vigilance, detection and prevention of new encroachments.

(iii)  The process of defence land audit has been institutionalised from 2011-12 as a continuing process.

(iv)  Court cases are being pursued to evict encroachers.

(v)  Close liaison is maintained with revenue and civil police authorities to detect attempt to encroach upon the defence land by encroachers.

(vi)  Fencing of defence lands located in isolated locations and regular patrolling is  being  carried  out  to  safeguard  the  lands  from  encroachers  and  unauthorized construction.

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## ANNEXURE-A REFERRED IN THE REPLY TO PART (c) & (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5082 FOR ANSWER ON 24.07.2019 REGARDING DIGITISATION OF DEFENCE LAND/PROPERTY

State/ UT-wise details of encroachment of defence land as on 31.12.2018

| S.No.   | State/Union Territory   |   Area of encroachment (in acres) |
|---------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh          |                           21.97   |
| 2       | Andaman &Nicobar        |                           26.521  |
| 3       | Assam                   |                          460.54   |
| 4       | Arunachal Pradesh       |                           87.8141 |
| 5       | Bihar                   |                          478.974  |
| 6       | Chandigarh              |                            0      |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh            |                          165.768  |
| 8       | Delhi                   |                          111.301  |
| 9       | Goa                     |                            4.264  |
| 10      | Gujarat                 |                          164.624  |
| 11      | Haryana                 |                          538.822  |
| 12      | Himachal Pradesh        |                           60.1421 |
| 13      | Jammu& Kashmir          |                          339.245  |
| 14      | Jharkhand               |                          304.932  |
| 15      | Karnataka               |                          131.792  |
| 16      | Kerala                  |                            2.6839 |
| 17      | Lakshadweep             |                            0.08   |
| 18      | Maharashtra             |                          923.506  |
| 19      | Madhya Pradesh          |                         1639.83   |
| 20      | Manipur                 |                            6.1308 |
| 21      | Meghalaya               |                           11.0855 |
| 22      | Mizoram                 |                            0      |
| 23      | Nagaland                |                          357.53   |
| 24      | Odisha                  |                            0.11   |
| 25      | Puducherry              |                            0      |
| 26      | Punjab                  |                          240.68   |
| 27      | Rajasthan               |                          475.283  |
| 28      | Sikkim                  |                            0.2903 |
| 29      | Telangana               |                          146.248  |
| 30      | Tamilnadu               |                          101.242  |
| 31      | Tripura                 |                            1      |
| 32      | Uttar Pradesh           |                         2204.84   |
| 33      | Uttarakhand             |                           57.3982 |
| 34      | West Bengal             |                          558.165  |
| 35      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     |                            0      |
| 36      | Daman& Diu              |                            0      |
|         | Total                   |                         9622.81   |