Draupadi Murmu to launch “Bhoomi Samman 2023”: On July 18th, 2023, President of India Draupadi Murmu will launch “Bhoomi Samman 2023” in New Delhi, comprising 9 State Secretaries and 68 District Collectors who have excelled in completing key components of the project to modernize digital India land records. The “Bhoomi Samman” project attempts to improve people’s quality of life through this effort.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz: July 2023
Land Records Modernization – Core of Governance:
- The Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP) is considered the core of governance.
- Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Shri Giriraj Singh, emphasized the significance of the event for Revenue and Registration functionaries.
- They will earn the “Bhoomi Samman” for their great achievement for the first time in the last 75 years.
Centre-State Cooperative Federalism:
- Shri Giriraj Singh praised the “Bhoomi Samman” Scheme as an example of Centre-State cooperative federalism based on trust and partnership.
- The grading system is mainly based on the reports and inputs provided by the States/UTs in computerization and digitization of land records.
Impact of Digitization on Land Records:
- The digitization of land records and registration is intended to reduce the number of court proceedings pending over land disputes.
- This will help cut down GDP loss due to projects being stalled over litigation related to land disputes.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz: July 2023
Enhancing Effectiveness of Government Programs:
- Shri Giriraj Singh highlighted the significance of land records related information for enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of various government programs.
- Departments like Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Chemical and Fertilizer, PDS, Panchayati Raj, and Financial Institutions can benefit from the uniformity and inter-operability of land records information.
Achieving Digitization Targets:
- The Department of Land Resources has achieved 94% digitization targets pan-India.
- The aim is to achieve 100% saturation of the core components of digitization of land records in all districts of the country by March 31, 2024.
