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26 States and UTs adopts Bhu-Aadhar: DoLR
Context
The Department of Land Records (DoLR) has informed that at least 26 States and UTs have adopted the Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) or Bhu-Aadhar and seven more States are conducting a pilot test of the project.
What is Bhu-Aadhaar?
- The Bhu-Aadhaar or ULPIN is a “14-digit alpha-numeric number generated based on the latitude longitude of the vertices of each land parcel”.
- It is designated to be the “single, authoritative source of truth of information on any parcel of land or property to provide integrated land services to the citizens as well as all stakeholders”.
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Other important initiatives for land records Bhu-Naksha initiative
National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS)
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What is India aiming for?
- The Indian government is aiming to digitize 100 per cent of land records by 2024.
- The initiative to create a unified database for land and property records comes alongside other government projects to digitize health and education records through a similar foundational plan which involves creating separate registries for stakeholder entities, a unique ID (in this case the Bhu-Aadhaar) linked to common national IDs like Aadhaar and integration of these databases via APIs which allow for interoperability of services like registrations, managing certifications, transfer of land ownership, etc.
What is the need?
- Land disputes account for 66 per cent of civil cases in the country.
- These disputes mainly arise out of issues related to land ownership and whether or not the state has the power to redistribute land, which may have historically been inhabited by various indigenous communities of that region.
What are the challenges?
As the government speeds up the process to digitize land records, concerns related to
- accuracy in mapping the areas as per physical demarcations
- lack of documentation
- manipulation of digital records
- uncertainties about mechanisms to challenge digital records on the basis of existing rules
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