For effective implementation of the Land Reform Programme and all its related projects, availability of accurate and timely data on basic land records is a primary requisitive. The Government of India has launched the programme for computerization of land records for the development of land records database. This database is also very essential for the implementation of various developmental programmes.
The National Informatics Centre has implemented the Land Records Computerization Programme in most of the pilot districts specified by the Ministry of Rural Development. These districts are: Rewari of Haryana, Burdwan of West Bengal, Ropar of Punjab, Kangra of Himachal Pradesh, Salem of Tamil Nadu, Gulberga of Karnataka, Tiruvananthapuram of Kerela, the entire State of Sikkim, North District of Tripura, Jamshedpur of Bihar, many districts of Uttar Pradesh and Dungarpur of Rajasthan. This programme has also been implemented in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Modalities for implementing the programme in some other states such as Jammu & Kashmir and Manipur are being worked out.
In the second stage, two more districts in each of the States are being identified for implementing this programme. Further, modalities are being worked out to implement the Land Records Computerization Programme in all the districts of some states such as Maharashtra.
A brainstorming session on land records computerization, organized jointly by the Ministry of Rural Development and the National Informatics Centre, was conducted in Delhi. The experiences in implementing the project at the pilot stage was discussed in detail and a plan formulated to replicate the computerization of land records all over the Country.
The National Informatics Centre has conducted several training programmes on land records computerization for participants from Nepal. These training programmes were conducted under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) programme.