Lok Sabha Question No. 253 (STARRED), answered on 2026-03-10
Subject: Digital Land Records
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Suresh Kumar Shetkar, Shri Vijayakumar Alias Vijay Vasanth

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 253 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2026

## Digital Land Records

*253. Shri Suresh Kumar Shetkar:

Shri Vijayakumar Alias Vijay Vasanth:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  farmers  and  landowners  are  able  to  access  land  records  online  in  the country,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  accessibility  measures  adopted therefor;

(b) whether banks  and  financial institutions have  been  integrated with digital land records to facilitate faster agricultural and property loans, if so, the details thereof including the benefits observed occurred therefrom;

(c)whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  geo-referencing  and  precise  boundary mappingtechnologies are being used to minimise boundary disputes, if so, the details thereofandprogress achieved therein;

(d)  whether  awareness  programmes  are  being  conducted  to  educate  rural  citizens regarding use of digital land records and unique land identification numbers, if so, the details thereof;

(e)  whether  privacy  and  data  protection  safeguards  have  been  incorporated  while storing land ownership information digitally, if so, the details thereof; and

(f) whether the Government has evaluated challenges faced by States in implementing the scheme, including legacy record issues and technical constraints, if so, the details thereof and corrective measures taken in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN)

(a) to (f): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  Parts  (a)  to  (f)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Starred Question No. 253 due for answer on 10.03.2026.

(a) Yes  Sir.   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  objective  of  the  programme  is  to  develop  a  modern,  comprehensive  and transparent land record management system in States/UTs to inter-alia provide realtime  information  on  land  to  citizens  and enable  sharing  of  information  with  various organizations/agencies.  Since,  Land  and  Land  Revenue,  including  maintenance  of land  records  is  a  Statesubject listed  at Sl.  No.18  &  45  of  State  List  (List  II)  of the 7 th Schedule of the Constitution  wherein  land  revenue is governed by State specific Acts/Rules/Regulations,  the  land  records  data  have  been  made  available  by  the respective States/UTs on their portals.

As per Management Information System(MIS) of DILRMP, Record of Rights (RoRs) are  available  online  for  download  by  the  citizens  in  31  States/UTs.  State/UT  wise details of portals are attached at Annexure-I.

(b) Yes Sir. Though there is no separate component for integration of banks and financial institutions with land records under DILRMP, about 16 States viz. Telangana, Tamil  Nadu,  Bihar,  Chhattisgarh,  Gujarat,  Haryana,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Karnataka, Kerala,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Punjab,  Sikkim,  Tripura,  Uttarakhand,  Uttar  Pradesh  and West Bengal have provided access to banks to facilitate farmers in obtaining faster agricultural and property loans from bank. This online facility enables banks to check the veracity of the loan applications leading to faster loan approval. This linkage also helps  farmers  to  check  if  any  land  is  under  mortgage  facilitating  informed  decision making before buying land.

(c) Yes Sir. Digitization and Geo-referencing of Cadastral Maps is done as part of DILRMP programme in order to fix precise boundaries to minimize boundary disputes. As on date, 43 Crore land parcels (74%) out of 58 Crore land parcels have been georeferenced. State/UT wise details are attached at Annexure-II.

(d) Yes Sir. States/UTs are provided funds under Training & Capacity Building, IEC and Evaluation Studies  component  of  DILRMP to create  awareness at  the  revenue village, gram panchayat, tehsil, district and State levels in different media and forums to  highlight  the  success  stories  of  the  Programme  through  newspapers,  radio, television, cinema slides, posters, video films, road shows, publications, literature, etc.

(e) The digitized online land records are updated and maintained by the respective States/UTs  incorporating  rolebased  access,  secure  servers  and  data  protection measures  as  per  prescribed  IT  norms.  Since,  Land  and  Land  Revenue,  including maintenance of land records is a State subject, no land record data of the States/UTs is  maintained  centrally  by  the  Ministry.  The  same  are  stored  on  the  servers  of respective State/UT.

(f) Yes  Sir.  The  Department  has  conducted  evaluation  of  DILRMP  in  all  the States/UTs through  independent  Institutions/Organizations  in  the  year  2024-25. The evaluation studies have found that basic digitization of land records has been largely achieved. Between 2021-22 and 2024-25, computerisation of agricultural land records rose from 91 to 97 per cent and digitisation of cadastral maps from 68 to 97 per cent

across the States/UTs except some North Eastern states. The challenge in digitization of land records in the North East States is community ownership of lands especially in schedule  VI  areas.  The  Department  has  initiated  a  study  to  find  out  challenges  in digitization of land records in these areas. The Department has also engaged National Informatics Centre (NIC) for resolving the technical constraints faced by the States/UTs in implementation of DILRMP.

Under DILRMP, provisions are already there to digitise the legacy records of Revenue and Registration Departments.  Further, the Department of Expenditure, Government of India has  made  provisions  for  incentivising the States/UTs for  making  their Registration  legacy  records  online,  searchable  and  available  for  download  by  the citizens  under  Special  Assistance  to  States  for  Capital  Investment  (SASCI)  during Financial Year 2024-25 and 2025-26.

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## Annexure-I

## Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 253 for answer on 10.03.2026

|   S. No. | State Name                             | State Website URL                                    |
|----------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS              | http://db.and.nic.in/ROR/view1/formf.aspx            |
|        2 | ANDHRA PRADESH                         | https://meebhoomi.ap.gov.in/#                        |
|        3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                      | Nil                                                  |
|        4 | ASSAM                                  | www.ilrms.assam.gov.in                               |
|        5 | BIHAR                                  | https://biharbhumi.bihar.gov.in                      |
|        6 | CHANDIGARH                             | https://revenue.chd.gov.in                           |
|        7 | CHHATTISGARH                           | https://bhuiyan.cg.nic.in/                           |
|        8 | DADRAAND NAGAR HAVELIAND DAMAN AND DIU | https://dnh.nlrmp.in/avanika/                        |
|        9 | DELHI                                  | https://dlrc.delhigovt.nic.in                        |
|       10 | GOA                                    | https://dslr.goa.gov.in                              |
|       11 | GUJARAT                                | https://anyror.gujarat.gov.in/                       |
|       12 | HARYANA                                | https://jamabandi.nic.in/defaultpages/default        |
|       13 | HIMACHAL PRADESH                       | https://ehimbhoomi.nic.in/                           |
|       14 | JAMMU & KASHMIR                        | https://landrecords.jk.gov.in                        |
|       15 | JHARKHAND                              | https://jharbhoomi.jharkhand.gov.in/                 |
|       16 | KARNATAKA                              | www.landrecords.karnataka.gov.in/service2            |
|       17 | KERALA                                 | www.revenue.kerala.gov.in                            |
|       18 | LADAKH                                 | Nil                                                  |
|       19 | LAKSHADWEEP                            | https://land.utl.gov.in/Process/Login-Page           |
|       20 | MADHYAPRADESH                          | https://mpbhulekh.gov.in                             |
|       21 | MAHARASHTRA                            | https://mahabhumi.gov.in/mahabhumilink               |
|       22 | MANIPUR                                | https://louchapathap.nic.in                          |
|       23 | MEGHALAYA                              | Nil                                                  |
|       24 | MIZORAM                                | Nil                                                  |
|       25 | NAGALAND                               | NIL                                                  |
|       26 | ODISHA                                 | http://bhulekh.ori.nic.in                            |
|       27 | PUDUCHERRY                             | www.nilamagal.py.gov.in                              |
|       28 | PUNJAB                                 | https://jamabandi.punjab.gov.in                      |
|       29 | RAJASTHAN                              | https://apnakhata.rajasthan.gov.in/                  |
|       30 | SIKKIM                                 | https://ilrms.sikkim.gov.in/                         |
|       31 | TAMILNADU                              | https://eservices.tn.gov.in/eservicesnew/index.html  |
|       32 | TELANGANA                              | https://bhubharati.telangana.gov.in/knowLandStatus   |
|       33 | TRIPURA                                | www.jami.tripura.gov.in                              |
|       34 | UTTAR PRADESH                          | https://upbhulekh.gov.in                             |
|       35 | UTTARAKHAND                            | https://bhulekh.uk.gov.in                            |
|       36 | WEST BENGAL                            | https://banglarbhumi.gov.in/BanglarBhumi/Home.action |

Annexure-II Annexure-II referred in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No 253 for answer on 10.03.2026

| S.No.                        | State/                                | No. of Land Parcels          | No. of Land Parcels          | No. of Land Parcels          |
|------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| S.No.                        | UT                                    | Total No.                    | Geo-Referenced No.           | %                            |
| 1                            | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS             | 89,790                       | 4,017                        | 4.47                         |
| 2                            | ANDHRAPRADESH                         | 1,04,86,616                  | 1,04,86,616                  | 100.00                       |
| 3                            | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                     | 0                            | 0                            | 0.00                         |
| 4                            | ASSAM                                 | 1,02,52,572                  | 63,10,193                    | 61.55                        |
| 5                            | BIHAR                                 | 3,70,26,819                  | 3,70,26,819                  | 100.00                       |
| 6                            | CHANDIGARH                            | 31,677                       | 31,677                       | 100.00                       |
| 7                            | CHHATTISGARH                          | 1,84,54,938                  | 1,50,53,839                  | 81.57                        |
| 8                            | DADRAAND NAGAR HAVELIAND DAMANAND DIU | 1,16,976                     | 71,872                       | 61.44                        |
| 9                            | DELHI                                 | 6,768                        | 0                            | 0.00                         |
| 10                           | GOA                                   | 7,56,189                     | 7,56,189                     | 100.00                       |
| 11                           | GUJARAT                               | 94,66,371                    | 94,66,371                    | 100.00                       |
| 12                           | HARYANA                               | 1,79,35,052                  | 61,27,578                    | 34.17                        |
| 13                           | HIMACHAL PRADESH                      | 1,39,62,315                  | 1,19,19,995                  | 85.37                        |
| 14                           | JAMMU & KASHMIR                       | 68,36,683                    | 62,00,609                    | 90.70                        |
| 15                           | JHARKHAND                             | 2,27,41,806                  | 2,27,41,806                  | 100.00                       |
| 16                           | KARNATAKA                             | 1,65,79,711                  | 1,43,48,751                  | 86.54                        |
| 17                           | KERALA                                | 3,19,20,288                  | 53,53,973                    | 16.77                        |
| 18                           | LADAKH                                | 3,78,721                     | 69,450                       | 18.34                        |
| 19                           | LAKSHADWEEP                           | 79,738                       | 0                            | 0.00                         |
| 20                           | MADHYAPRADESH                         | 4,73,03,908                  | 4,05,57,758                  | 85.74                        |
| 21                           | MAHARASHTRA                           | 1,40,78,965                  | 1,40,08,945                  | 99.50                        |
| 22                           | MANIPUR                               | 5,84,832                     | 3,74,777                     | 64.08                        |
| 23                           | MEGHALAYA                             | 0                            | 0                            | 0.00                         |
| 24                           | MIZORAM                               | 3,31,171                     | 1,59,648                     | 48.21                        |
| 25                           | NAGALAND                              | 0                            | 0                            | 0.00                         |
| 26                           | ODISHA                                | 5,99,42,568                  | 7,07,593                     | 1.18                         |
| 27                           | PUDUCHERRY                            | 1,75,695                     | 0                            | 0.00                         |
| 28                           | PUNJAB                                | 1,95,00,852                  | 1,09,48,316                  | 56.14                        |
| 29                           | RAJASTHAN                             | 4,55,89,524                  | 4,53,00,391                  | 99.37                        |
| 30                           | SIKKIM                                | 5,72,386                     | 1,35,794                     | 23.72                        |
| 31                           | TAMILNADU                             | 5,61,32,005                  | 5,61,32,005                  | 100.00                       |
| 32                           | TELANGANA                             | 36,78,189                    | 29,84,542                    | 81.14                        |
| 33                           | TRIPURA                               | 33,14,252                    | 33,14,252                    | 100.00                       |
| 34                           | UTTARAKHAND                           | 2,83,83,895                  | 2,83,81,458                  | 99.99                        |
| 35                           | UTTAR PRADESH                         | 5,48,77,690                  | 5,26,07,039                  | 95.86                        |
| 36                           | WEST BENGAL                           | 4,99,84,268                  | 2,95,89,198                  | 59.20                        |
|                              | Grand Total                           | 58,15,73,230                 | 43,11,71,471                 | 74.14                        |
| Source: http://dilrmp.gov.in | Source: http://dilrmp.gov.in          | Source: http://dilrmp.gov.in | Source: http://dilrmp.gov.in | Source: http://dilrmp.gov.in |