Jammu & Kashmir

99.28% computerisation of land records completed in JK, says GoI

A wide view of an agricultural field in Kashmir. [FPK File Photo/ Arif Nazir]

Srinagar: Government of India (GoI) Minister of Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan has informed the Lok Sabha that 99.28% of the Computerisation of Land Records (CLR) has been completed in Jammu and Kashmir.

In a written reply, the minister said that the government of India has been implementing a comprehensive programme for the digitisation/computerisation of land records/registration process in the country, named the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP), with 100% financial assistance from the Central Government since 2016-17.

“DILRMP is a digital initiative to integrate land information and management systems, to empower and benefit the citizens of India, irrespective of caste, creed, religion, region, rural or urban, poor or rich, farmers or labourers, or entrepreneurs, through the benefits of computerisation and digitisation of land records,” he said.

He also said that the digitised land records of States/UTs aim to, inter alia, provide error-free, transparent, and tamper-proof land records, reduce land disputes, simplify the procedure of the transfer of property titles, and assist in policy/planning. (KNO)

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