General Assembly General Assembly

Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management

Eleventh session

New York, 23, 24 and 27 August 2021

 

Item 9 of the agenda

Application of geospatial information related to land administration and management

 

INDIA STATEMENT

 

Dear Chairman,

 

India congratulates the secretariat and appreciates the efforts of the expert group to continue the work plan for the period of 2020-2022. India also takes a note of report of the expert group for considering modalities for sharing and exchanging knowledge, information, and experiences, including relevant use cases, practices, and examples at the country level, and to translate concepts into practical guidance, including appropriate assessment mechanisms.

 

In India, on 24th April 2020, the honourable Prime Minister of India has launched a country wide scheme of SVAMITVA that aims at integrated property validation solution for rural India. Ministry of Panchayat Raj, State Government’s revenue/land record department and the National Mapping Agency (Survey of India) have joined hands together and with the help of the modern technologies like Drones etc. as a step towards providing socio-economic development for the citizens of rural India. On the other hand Through Centrally sponsored scheme DILRMP (Digital India Land Modernisation Program DoLR (Department of Land Records) is working with State Government’s revenue/land record department for providing conclusive titling of revenue land in Rural India.

 

Thank you.