National Conference on Land & Disaster Management:
A two‑day national conference on land administration and disaster management begins in Gandhinagar, launching digital systems, SVAMITVA cards, and new revenue offices.The event is part of a nationwide push to modernize land governance, strengthen disaster resilience, and ensure citizens’ land rights through digitization and innovation. Organised by the Department of Land Resources (Ministry of Rural Development) in collaboration with Gujarat’s Revenue Department, the conference will delve into a wide range of topics.
Key themes include:
- Modernising revenue laws in tune with new land governance goals
- Upgrading registration and land record systems, including efforts for paperless and online workflows
- Urban land record mapping and resurveying, integrating GIS/remote sensing technologies
- Process reforms in revenue courts and land acquisition
- Disaster risk management best practices, particularly in land use planning and resilient infrastructure
- Human resource and capacity building in land administration
