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15/03/22 13:06 PM IST

People will get land records in their own language soon

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Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj  announced that soon, people in the country will be able to get their land records in their own language.

Details
  • He said that the Department of Land Resources, MoRD will plan to roll out the multilingual software from April 2022.
  • After that, the land records will be available in 22 languages.
  • The Minister was speaking after releasing an e-book on  Land Governance Reforms announced in Budget titled "Empowering Citizens-Powering India.
  • The Multilingual Land Records will facilitate access of information for the prospective individuals in his regional and mother languages.
About NGDRS 

  • NGDRS software was developed indigenously.
  • The NGDRS software costs around 4 crores to the government but the use of this software resulted in increasing land revenue by the State Governments.
  • The Minister said that State NGDRS is being implemented in 13 States which will be benefitted to 22 crore people.
  • Till now, 30.9 lakh documents registered through the system from which revenue of more than 16 thousand crores has been received.
About Unique Land Parcel Identification Number
  • A Unique Land Identification Number (ULPIN) to each land parcel is being assigned to land Parcels to prevent fraudulent and Benami property transactions.
  • Further Digitization of Land Records will empower citizens and India for Atmanirbhar Bharat- the vision of Prime Minister.
  • Moreover, the updated land records will reduce the time for payment of compensation and provide rehabilitation and resettlement benefit for land acquisition considerably.
  • With the rollout of ULPIN (Unique Land Parcel  Identification Number) in the country, No one can take away the rights of the poor.
  • Linking ULPIN with PAN, Aadhar, land records, Courts and banking system, will get rid of corruption and fraud in land matters.
  • So far, ULPIN is rolled out in 14 States.

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