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Union Rural Development Minister launched the Central government’s new initiative, NAKSHA recently from Raisen in Madhya Pradesh.
- NAKSHA - National geospatial Knowledge-based land Survey of urban Habitations.
- NAKSHA is a city survey initiative under the existing Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP).
- Aim - To create a comprehensive and accurate geospatial database for urban land records.
- Spearheaded by - Department of Land Resources (DoLR), under the Ministry of Rural Development.
- Under the new initiative, maps of towns and cities will be prepared.
- Implementation - The programme has been launched as a pilot across 152 urban local bodies in 26 states.
- The pilot will be completed in a year.
- Eligibility criteria - The cities selected meet 2 criteria
- Area less than 35 sq km, and
- Population less than 2 lakhs.
- Funding – The initiative is 100% centrally funded.
- Features - Integrates aerial and field surveys with advanced GIS technology.
- The survey will be done through aerial photography using two types of cameras simple cameras and oblique angle cameras with LiDAR sensors.
- Geospatial data enhances decision-making, land use planning, and property transactions.
- It provides digital urban land records, reduces disputes, aids in faster planning, improves tax collection, simplifies transactions, and improves credit access.
- Need of the scheme - Most urban areas, barring a few states like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, have outdated or unstructured land records, causing inefficiencies in governance & taxation.
Reference
The Indian Express | NAKSHA Scheme
