Lok Sabha Question No. 4331 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-29
Subject: Digital Land Grabbing
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Midhun Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4331

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.03.2022

## DIGITAL LAND GRABBING

## 4331. SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken measures to implement an enabling environment in the States for  land  titling,  digitisation  of  land  records  and  their  unique  identification  for  successful implementation  of  the  proposed   digitisation  under  Digital  India  Land  Records  Modernisation Programme (DILRMP) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  number  of  agricultural  land  disputes  pending  in  the  country  and  the  steps  taken  by  the Government to settle the pending rights and update the land records post-resurvey; and
- (c) the manner in which the Government proposes to tackle Digital Land Grabbing involving mass privatisation  and  financing  of  land  and  disregarding  the  socio-ecological  function  of  such community and public lands?

## ANSWER

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

(a to c) 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.

The major components of the scheme are (1) Computerization of Land Records (2) Computerization of Registration (3) Survey/resurvey (4) Modern record rooms (5) Training & capacity building (6) Project Management Unit (7) Computerization of Revenue Courts and their  integration with  land records (8) Consent-based integration of  Aadhaar number with land record data base. As innovative features and initiatives of the programme, Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) to assign unique ID to a  land  parcel  and  National  Generic  Document  Registration  System  (NGDRS)  to  provide  a  generic software for registration of deeds and documents have been rolled out in 14 and 13 States/UTs respectively.

As per entry no.18 and 45 of list II (State list) of the schedule VII to the Constitution 'Land' and 'its management' fall in the domain of states. Statistics with regard to number of agricultural land disputes are not centrally maintained by the Department.

Integration of Aadhaar Number with land records which has now been made a component of DILRMP and authentication of identity of executants of deeds /documents using Aadhaar, based on consent, will check impersonation, fraudulent transactions and land grabbing etc.