Lok Sabha Question No. 3560 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Bhoomi Rashi Portal
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Raja Amareshwara Naik, Sukanta Majumdar, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Bhola Singh, Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Vinod Kumar Sonkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3560

ANSWERED ON 24 TH  MARCH, 2022

## BHOOMI RASHI PORTAL

3560. SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA):

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Bhoomi Rashi portal is functioning to address the issues related with land acquisition in the Country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of cases registered on the portal since its inception, State-wise;
- (c)  whether the Government is of the view that full digitalisation and paperless processing of land acquisition cases would promote
- transparency and remove corruption and deficiencies;
- (d) if so, the manner in which the portal is likely to be useful;
- (e) whether the Government has reviewed the usability of the portal in processing of digital and paperless land acquisition cases and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the other steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a)  to  (f)     The  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  &  Highways  has developed the BhoomiRashi portal to digitize the land acquisition process for National Highway (NH) Projects. The Portal has been made mandatory for all the Project Implementing Agencies w.e.f. 01.04.2018.

With the adoption of BhoomiRashi portal, all the draft Land Acquisition  notifications  are  submitted  online  by  the  concerned revenue  official  of  the  State  Government,  duly  designated  as Competent  Authority  for Land  Acquisition (CALA). The  draft notifications after the approval of the Ministry are then sent online to the Government of India Press through e-Gazette.

Thus, the entire land acquisition process has been digitized and has become paperless. The portal has greatly reduced the time period for publication of notifications and brought in efficiency as well as transparency. During the Financial year 2018-19, a total of 2842  land  acquisition  notifications  were  issued  as  against  an average  of  1000  notifications  issued  yearly  during  the  financial years  2016-17  and  2017-18  (prior  to  the  launch  of  BhoomiRashi portal).  A total of 9464 notifications under section 3 of the National Highways Act, 1956 have been published through the BhoomiRashi portal from 01.04.2018 till 21.03.2022. Also, a total of 86235.6981231 hectare land has been acquired under section 3(D) of the National Highways Act, 1956 through the BhoomiRashi portal from 01.04.2018 to 21.03.2022.

The efficacy of the portal is reviewed in the Ministry from time to time and based on the feedback from the State Governments, as also  from  the  Implementing  Agencies  of  the  Ministry,  relevant changes are carried out in the BhoomiRashi portal.

The details to part (b) of the question is Annexed.

ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3560  FOR  ANSWER  ON  24.03.2022 ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAJA  AMARESHWARA  NAIK,  DR.  SUKANTA MAJUMDAR, DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY, SHRI BHOLA SINGH, SHRI RAJVEER  SINGH  (RAJU  BHAIYA)  AND  SHRI  VINOD  KUMAR SONKAR REGARDING BHOOMI RASHI PORTAL

The State wise details of the cases registered on the BhoomiRashi portal since its inception:-

| Sl.No.   | State             |   Surveys (In Numbers) |
|----------|-------------------|------------------------|
| 1.       | ANDHRA PRADESH    |                  69015 |
| 2.       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                      2 |
| 3.       | ASSAM             |                  12516 |
| 4.       | BIHAR             |                  75494 |
| 5.       | CHHATTISGARH      |                  47648 |
| 6.       | DELHI             |                   1663 |
| 7.       | GOA               |                   4233 |
| 8.       | GUJARAT           |                  27209 |
| 9.       | HARYANA           |                 116616 |
| 10.      | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                  33358 |
| 11.      | JAMMU & KASHMIR   |                  10747 |
| 12.      | JHARKHAND         |                  27905 |
| 13.      | KARNATAKA         |                  73749 |
| 14.      | KERALA            |                  38653 |
| 15.      | LADAKH            |                   2546 |
| 16.      | MADHYA PRADESH    |                  60589 |
| 17.      | MAHARASHTRA       |                  71022 |
| 18.      | MANIPUR           |                   4690 |
| 19.      | MIZORAM           |                  21409 |
| 20.      | ODISHA            |                  33230 |
| 21.      | PONDICHERRY       |                    680 |
| 22.      | PUNJAB            |                 111024 |
| 23.      | RAJASTHAN         |                  89769 |
| 24.      | SIKKIM            |                   3992 |
| 25.      | TAMIL NADU        |                  72279 |
| 26.      | TELANGANA         |                  18704 |
| 27.      | TRIPURA           |                  13274 |
| 28.      | UTTAR PRADESH     |                  83260 |
| 29.      | UTTARAKHAND       |                  24795 |
| 30.      | WEST BENGAL       |                  12683 |
|          | Total             |                1162754 |

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