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21/07/22 05:50 AM IST

SVAMITVA Scheme

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  • The Central Sector Scheme, SVAMITVA, aims to provide the ‘Record of Rights’ to village household owners possessing houses in inhabited areas, called Abadi in some States, with legal ownership rights (Property cards/Title deeds).
About SVAMITVA Scheme 
  • The scheme aims to cover 6.62 lakh villages in the country from Financial Year 2020-21 to Financial Year 2024-25.
  • It is being implemented with the collaborative efforts of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Survey of India (SoI), State Revenue Department, State Panchayati Raj Department and National Informatics Centre. 
  • Under the scheme, the land parcels in rural inhabited area of all the villages are surveyed using drone technology. 
Fund Allocation 
  • Under the scheme, funds to Survey of India are provided for two components – Large Scale Mapping (LSM) using drones and establishment of Continuous Operating Reference Station (CORS).
  • Funds on limited scale are also provided directly to States for Information, Education, Communication (IEC) and setting up of State Project Monitoring Unit (SPMU). 
  • Under SVAMITVA scheme funds are provided to SoI and States/UTs on the basis of number of villages to be covered during a period of time. 
Source- PIB 

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