Yogima Sharma, New Delhi:
Land in the country will soon be given a unique identity number. This step will help in tackling the problem of disturbances in the ownership of land. The Ministry of Rural Development has started work on standard unique land parcel numbering system. A senior government official told ET that this number would be given to every plot surveyed.
Every detail
unique identity number will be in the UID of the land, the details of the state, district, tehsil, taluka, block and road will be included in the plot size and ownership details. The official said that the unique land parcel number could later be linked to the Aadhaar and Revenue Court system. He said that the government believes that giving unique identity numbers to all the land will facilitate real estate transactions, help in property taxation issues and make it easier for government projects to acquire land. This will be a step towards digitization of land records.
Land base like yours
According to Feedback Infrastructure Chairman Vinayak Chatterjee, “It will be like a base for an individual. One will get information related to the purchase and sale of the plot, payment of tax and ownership. He said that the government is now moving ahead with the digitization of land records. Due to it being GIS-tagged it will be easy to get any land details.
Dispute will be resolved soon
It is estimated that land-related disputes account for about two-thirds of the cases pending in the country’s courts. It takes many years to resolve such cases and this affects the sectors and projects that depend on these lands. Apart from this, land is often used for taking a loan to give bail. Such land cannot be mortgaged due to dispute over the ownership of land.
UID land needs long
Anuraj Puri, chairman of Enarock Property Consultants, said, “Unique identity numbers have been needed for a long time.” Implementing this system will help in streamlining the country’s land records. This will also increase the interest of foreign investors in the realty sector of the country, who are reluctant to invest due to lack of clarity on the ownership of the land.
Need for Separate Digital Land Records Mission The
government is already implementing the National Land Records Mordernization Program for computerization of property registration processes and digitization of all land records. However, progress in some states is very slow. The Finance Ministry had said in a recent report that the country needs a separate digital land record mission.
