Lok Sabha Question No. 1243 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-03
Subject: ULPIN (Bhu-Aadhaar)
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri M K Raghavan

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1243

## TO BE ANSWERED ON

## 03.12.2024

## ULPIN (Bhu-Aadhaar)

## 1243.   Shri M K Raghavan:

Will the Minister of Rural Development be pleased to state :

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  initiated  any  comprehensive  and  compulsory  digital survey/resurvey projects for the country, if so, the details thereof and the  time by which it is likely to be completed; and
- (b) whether  the  Government  has   set  any  timeframe  for  implementing  ULPIN  (BhuAadhaar) and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (Dr. CHANDRA SEKHAR PEMMASANI)

(a) Government of India has been implementing a comprehensive programme for digitization/computerization of land records/registration process in the country by the name of Digital  India  Land  Records  Modernization  Programme  (DILRMP)  with  100%  financial assistance  from  Central  Government  since  2016-17. The  DILRMP  is  a  demand  driven programme and funds are released to States/UTs based on their proposals submitted for various components of the programme.

One of the components of DILRMP is Survey/Re-survey. The following 3 methodologies are prescribed under DILRMP and States/UTs have choice to opt for method(s) keeping in view their geographical terrain: (i) High Resolution Satellite Imagery (HRSI) method (ii) Aerial/Hybrid method and (iii) Electronic Total Station (ETS) / Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) method. The DILRMP has been extended for a period of five (5) years from 01.04.2021 to 31.03.2026 with an outlay of Rs.875 crore.

In addition to, Department of Land Resources has initiated a new programme "NAtional geospatial Knowledge based land Survey of urban HAbitations (NAKSHA)" for creation of Land Records in Urban  Areas as a pilot  in  more than  150  Urban  Local  Bodies  (ULBs)  across  28 states to ensure that urban land records are accurate. As part of this, Large-scale Mapping using 2D  Nadir  Camera,  Oblique  angle  cameras  and  LiDAR  sensor  across  the  ULBs  to  generate Ortho Rectified Images (ORIs) and further undertake field survey activity with the help of ORI by formulating sufficient number of survey teams. The survey activity would be undertaken by the  team  by  demarcating  all  land  parcels  on  the  ground  using  Global  Navigation  Satellite System (GNSS) Rovers and controllers.

In rural agricultural lands, some of the states like Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Assam, Bihar, Odisha, etc. are carrying out resurvey with funding from DILRMP.

(b) Unique  Land  Parcel  Identification  Number  ULPIN  (Bhu-Aadhaar)  is  part  of  the  Digital India  Land  Records  Modernization  Programme  (DILRMP),  which  has  been  extended  till March, 2026. The Unique Land Parcel  Identification Number ULPIN (Bhu-Aadhaar) is a 14 digits-  Alpha-numeric  Unique ID assigned to each land parcel based on Geo-coordinates of vertices of the parcel (Latitude-Longitude).  ULPIN (Bhu-Aadhaar) has so far been adopted in 29 States/UTs.

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