13 states, four UTs digitize land records

Digitization of land records cuts detailed project report preparation time from six months to 15 days

- Dhirendra Kumar

Digital land records of 13 states and four Union territories have been onboarded to the Centre’s platform coordinating infrastructure building between the central ministries, states and UTs under the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (PMGS-NMP).

The development leaves data from six states yet to be digitally integrated.

The programme will reduce the time and costs involved in project implementation as it provides easy data access to stakeholders, two officials said, requesting anonymity.

Digital land records are one of the key layers among 249 data layers under the programme. Land acquisition and forest clearance are two major constituents of infrastructure planning, because they are time-consuming, even as mapping of land resources makes project planning seamless, one of the officials said.