Lok Sabha Question No. 4160 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-29
Subject: Project Report for DILRMP
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Mahendra Singh Solanky, Rajbahadur Singh, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Rajendra Agrawal, Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, P.P. Chaudhary, Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF LAND RESOURCES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4160 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.03.2022

## PROJECT REPORT FOR DILRMP

## 4160.  SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH SOLANKY:

SHRI RAJBAHADUR SINGH:

SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI:

SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

SHRI BRIJBHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH:

SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  aims,  objectives,  goals  and  expected  outcome  of  the  Digital  India  Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP);
- (b) whether under the DILRMP each and every record will be produced in all the languages and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has produced any Detailed Project Report (DPR) for DILRMP and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of employment created through Digitization of Land Records and SVAMITVA via GIS digitization, Startups, MSMEs, Service companies, etc.?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a) Digital India  Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP) is being implemented as a Central Sector Scheme with effect from 1st April, 2016 with 100 % funding by the Centre. The objective  of  DILRMP  is  to  develop  a  modern,  comprehensive  and  transparent  land  record management  system  with  the  aim  to  develop  an  Integrated  Land  Information  Management System which will inter alia: (i) improve real-time information on land; (ii) optimize use of land resources;(iii)  benefit  both  landowners  and  prospectors;(iv)  assist  in  policy  and  planning;(v) reduce land disputes;(vi) check  fraudulent/benami transactions ;(vii) obviate need of physical visits  to  Revenue/Registration  offices   and  (viii)  enable  sharing  of  information  with  various organization/agencies.
- (b) Department  of  Land  Resources  is  collaborating  with Centre  for  Development  of  Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune for a Multilingual land records software application to transliterate the Records of Rights to any of the 22   languages mentioned in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India.
- (c) DILRMP a Central Sector Scheme is being implemented through States/UTs.  Hence Detailed Project Report (DPR) is not required. Funds are released to States/UTs on receipt of proposals from them after examination and approval as per provisions of the DILRMP Guidelines.
- (d) As per information received from Ministry of Panchayati Raj, due to the huge requirement for GIS manpower, more than 759 GIS Digitizers have been engaged at various feature extraction centres of Survey of India (SoI) for generating maps under SVAMITVA scheme.  As a result, numerous  START-UPs  and  MSME  service  companies  have  started  augmenting  their  GIS manpower  bench  strength  to  cater  to  these  requirements.   Further,  drone  requirements  for SVAMITVA scheme has boosted the Drone Manufacturing sector in India. Apart from this, SoI is also hiring drone services and trained drone pilots to augment the deployment of resources to meet  the scheme  targets. All these have contributed towards creation  of  employment opportunities.

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