What is Swamitva Yojana: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to distribute more than 65 lakh property cards under the Swamitva scheme to property owners in about 50,000 villages in more than 230 districts of the country. PM Modi will distribute these property cards through video conferencing on Saturday, January 18 at around 12:30 pm. Under this program, property cards will be issued to property owners of Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and two union territories of Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh. Let us know what is Prime Minister Ownership Scheme and what are its benefits.
What is Prime Minister Ownership Scheme?
Under the ownership scheme, land records in rural areas are prepared digitally. In this, people are given the right to own land, so that land disputes can be reduced. Also, the objective of the scheme is to clarify the ownership rights of the land, so that farmers can easily get loans. In this scheme, ownership rights are clarified by using drone survey, GIS and other modern technologies. Drone technology is also being used for survey in this scheme.
What are the benefits of the scheme?
This scheme provides clear evidence of land ownership. This will reduce land related disputes. With the ownership of land being clear, development work in rural areas will also happen at a faster pace. At the same time, farmers will also get convenience in getting loans. Farmers can easily take loan based on their land. In this way this scheme is helping in raising the standard of living of the people of rural India.
Drone survey conducted in more than 3.17 lakh villages
Under the Pradhan Mantri Swamvaat Yojana, drone survey has so far been completed in more than 3.17 lakh villages. In this way, 92 percent of the villages that were targeted have been surveyed. At the same time, about 2.25 crore property cards have been prepared for 1.53 lakh villages.
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