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SVAMITVA Scheme : In News

Kumari Sonali

SVAMITVA Scheme: In News

The rural property ownership scheme, SVAMITVA, is emerging as a potent tool for formalisation of residential land, improving the financial standing of gram panchayats, and making a positive impact on the rural economy, says a survey by IIM Ahmedabad.

  • The Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas (SVAMITVA) is a central sector scheme of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
  • It was launched nationwide on National Panchayati Raj Day, 24th April 2021, after successful completion of the pilot phase of the scheme (2020-2021) in 9 states.
  • It aims to empower rural citizens with property cards, enabling access to credit, dispute resolution, and better planning.
  • It provides a ‘Record of Rights’ to village household owners with the issuance of legal ownership cards (property cards/title deeds) to the property owners by mapping land parcels using drone technology.
  • The mapping shall be done across the country in a phased manner. It generates high-resolution and accurate maps to confer ownership property rights.
  • The scheme seeks to achieve the following objectives:
    • To bring financial stability to the citizens in rural India by enabling them to use their property as a financial asset for taking loans and other financial benefits.
    • Creation of accurate land records for rural planning.
    • Determination of property tax, which would accrue to the Gram Panchayats (GPs) directly in States where it is devolved or else add to the State exchequer.
    • Creation of survey infrastructure and GIS maps that can be leveraged by any department for their use.
    • To support the preparation of a better-quality Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) by making use of GIS maps.
    • To reduce property-related disputes and legal cases.
  • The applicant should have a property in a rural inhabited (Abadi) area.
  • Exclusions: Agricultural lands are not covered under this scheme.
  • It is implemented by the Survey of India (SoI) with the National Informatics Centre Services Inc. (NICSI) as the technology partner.
  • In the States, the Revenue Department/Land Records Department will be the Nodal Department and shall carry out the scheme with the support of the State Panchayati Raj Department.