SVAMITVA Scheme

Why in News?

The Prime Minister will grace the e-distribution of 57 lakh SVAMITVA property cards across 46,351 villages in 10 states and 2 Union Territories on 27th December 2024.

• SVAMITVA – Survey of Villages Abadi & Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas .
• Launched in – 2020, on National Panchayati Raj Day, April 24^th
• Launched by – Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
• Aim – To drive the economic transformation of rural India by providing property owners in village Abadi areas (inhabited areas) with a “Record of Rights.”
• Objectives

• Features – It uses advanced drone and GIS technology for land demarcation to foster property monetization.
• Property cards are seamlessly accessible to beneficiaries through the DigiLocker app, which allowing them to view and download their cards digitally.
• There is a centralized online monitoring and reporting dashboard enables real-time tracking of implementation progress.
• It is coupled with the Continuous Operating Referencing System (CORS) network.

Continuous Operating Referencing System (CORS) network to produce high-resolution maps swiftly and accurately, revolutionizing the process of rural land demarcation.

• Coverage – 31 States/UTs have on-boarded the Scheme.
• It have distributed 57 lakh SVAMITVA property cards across 46,351 villages in 10 States and 2 Union Territories as of 2024.
• Drone survey has been completed in 3.17 lakh villages.
• So far, 2.19 crore property cards have been prepared for nearly 1.49 lakh villages.

Reference

PIB| SVAMITVA Scheme