Q. With reference to the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme, consider the following statements :
1. To implement the scheme, the Central Government provides 100% funding.
2. Under the Scheme, Cadastral Maps are digitized.
3. An initiative has been undertaken to transliterate the Records of Rights from local language to any of the languages recognized by the Constitution of India.
Which of the statements given above are correct ?
Exp) Option d is the correct answer.
Statement 1 is correct. Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (erstwhile National Land Record Modernization Programme-) was revamped and converted as a Central Sector Scheme with effect from 1st April of 2016 with 100% funding by the Centre.
Statement 2 is correct. The main components of the programme are:
(i) Setting up of Modern Record Room
(ii) Survey/re-survey
(iii) Data entry/re-entry
(iv) Digitization of cadastral Maps/FMBs/Tippans
(v) State Level Data Centre
(vi) Computerization of Registration process
(vii) DILRMP Cell
(vii) PMU
(xi) Evaluation Studies, IEC and Training
(x) Core GIS/Software Applications.
Statement 3 is correct. One of the innovative initiatives under Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme is Transliteration of Land Records in all languages of Schedule VIII in all States/UTs. In order to address the problem of linguistic barriers in land governance, the Government with the technical support of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Pune, has undertaken an initiative to transliterate the Records of Rights available in local language to any of the 22 Schedule VIII languages of the Constitution.
