Telangana: Union Minister Kishan Reddy urges KCR to implement Centre’s Svamitva scheme state-wide

He recalled that after the agreement, a drone survey was successfully conducted in five villages of the state selected under the pilot project, and maps related to the assets were created.

At present, the Telangana state government is left with the process of preparing the certificates related to these maps and distributing them to the claimants.

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గ్రామీణ ప్రాంతాలలో ఇళ్ళకు సంబంధించిన ఆస్తి ధ్రువీకరణ పత్రాలను అందించి,వారికి ఆర్థిక స్థిరత్వాన్ని కల్పించే స్వమిత్వ (SVAMITVA) పథకాన్ని తెలంగాణ రాష్ట్రంలో అమలు చేసే ప్రక్రియను సత్వరమే ప్రారంభించేలా చర్యలు తీసుకోవాలని కోరుతూ తెలంగాణ ముఖ్యమంత్రి కేసీఆర్ గారికి నేడు లేఖను వ్రాశాను. pic.twitter.com/9759HNkCWk

— G Kishan Reddy (Modi Ka Parivar) (@kishanreddybjp) April 3, 2023

Reddy added that, on the occasion of the successful completion of the pilot project, a letter was written to the Secretary of the Union Panchayat Raj Ministry and Chief Secretary of Telangana, on 29 July, 2022, requesting the state government to implement the scheme across the state.

However, it is unfortunate that no progress has been made in this regard so far. If the scheme is implemented, the rural people will get property certificates for their houses and provide them with financial stability, stated Reddy.

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Benefits of the scheme

Reddy noted that the technology used in the implementation of the scheme can also be used for the survey of agricultural lands in the state. This could possibly resolve the problems faced by lakhs of people in Telangana due to the issues with the Dharani portal run by the state government — in the matter of land records.

“I, therefore, request you to show special initiative in this regard and take steps to start the process of state-wide implementation of this Svamitva scheme of house survey, which will greatly benefit the rural people,” Reddy urged, in his letter.

Through the property certificates obtained under the scheme, it is possible to avail loans from banks and avail other benefits. The land records created through the scheme will also be useful for rural development planning, Reddy stated.

He added that the common property disputes are also likely to see a reduction through these land records. The central government has set a target to successfully implement the scheme and complete the survey process in all the villages of the country by March 2025, assured.

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About the scheme so far

While the Central Panchayat Raj Ministry is the nodal agency at the national level for the scheme, the Revenue Department is acting as the nodal agencies at the state level, in collaboration with the Panchayat Raj Department of the respective states.

The Survey of India is providing technical support for implementation of the scheme. By using drone technology, a survey of the respective properties is conducted and specific maps are created. Under the scheme till now drone surveys has been completed in 2,28,659 villages across the country and maps of 1,93,579 villages have been provided to the respective state governments.

More than 6.54 crore land records have been digitised. Survey of maps in 95,339 villages has been completed, property certificates have been prepared for 62,133 villages, and the process of distribution of property certificates has been completed in 54,753 villages.