Union Rural Development Minister launched the Central government’s new initiative, NAKSHA recently from Raisen in Madhya Pradesh.
NAKSHA - National geospatial Knowledge-based land Survey of urban Habitations.
NAKSHA is a city survey initiative under the existing Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP).
Aim - To create a comprehensive and accurate geospatial database for urban land records.
Spearheaded by - Department of Land Resources (DoLR), under the Ministry of Rural Development.
Under the new initiative, maps of towns and cities will be prepared.
Implementation - The programme has been launched as a pilot across 152 urban local bodies in 26 states.
The pilot will be completed in a year.
Eligibility criteria - The cities selected meet 2 criteria
Area less than 35 sq km, and
Population less than 2 lakhs.
Funding – The initiative is 100% centrally funded.
Features - Integrates aerial and field surveys with advanced GIS technology.
The survey will be done through aerial photography using two types of cameras simple cameras and oblique angle cameras with LiDAR sensors.
Geospatial data enhances decision-making, land use planning, and property transactions.
It provides digital urban land records, reduces disputes, aids in faster planning, improves tax collection, simplifies transactions, and improves credit access.
Need of the scheme - Most urban areas, barring a few states like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, have outdated or unstructured land records, causing inefficiencies in governance & taxation.
