Panchayati Raj’s SVAMITVA Scheme Won National Award For E-Governance 2023 

SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas)  scheme The scheme known as Panchayati Raj’s SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas)  scheme won the National Award for e-Governance 2023 at the 26th National Conference on e-Governance. The event was held in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Government of India

About the SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas)  scheme

Started in the year of the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India on National Panchayat Day in 2020, it is a central sector scheme. It includes mapping of land through the use of drones or through the providence of a ‘Record of Rights’ to village household owners with the issuance of legal ownership cards (Property cards/Title deeds) to the property owners.  It is run by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, the State Revenue Department, the State Panchayati Raj Department and the Survey of India

Objective of SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas)  scheme

  1. Help rural residents use their property for loans and financial benefits, improving their financial stability.
  2. Create accurate land records for better rural planning and property tax determination.
  3. Support the preparation of improved Gram Panchayat Development Plans, reducing property disputes and legal cases.

SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas)  scheme

What is the SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas)?

SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) has been envisioned as a Central Sector Scheme to provide an integrated inhabited(Abadi) property ownership solution for rural India.

When was SVAMITVA launched?

On April 24, 2020, was SVAMITVA launched