Jaipur: More than 19 lakh rural families in Rajasthan have received official property documents under the Centre’s Swamitva Yojana, with drone surveys completed in 36,054 of the state’s 36,277 notified inhabited villages, covering 99.4% of the total. The state govt has now directed district administrations to expedite the remaining work of ground verification, mapping and distribution of property cards ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s PRAGATI review meeting scheduled for Nov 25.Chief Secretary V Srinivas reviewed the scheme’s progress at a meeting at Secretariat Saturday, directing district collectors to complete pending activities within a stipulated time frame and upload their respective district progress reports on the PRAGATI portal.According to officials, more than 19.09 lakh Swamitva Cards have been distributed across the state so far. Ground verification has been completed in 27,705 villages, helping establish the actual properties and their boundaries. The exercise is aimed at providing rural households with legally recognised records of their properties.During the meeting, secretary and panchayati raj commissioner Joga Ram said that property cards for another 14.25 lakh properties, prepared following surveys in rural areas, would be distributed soon.Srinivas said the scheme would not only provide rural families with official ownership documents but also open up opportunities for them to access bank loans against their properties and undertake economic activities. Clearly demarcated property boundaries and official records would also help reduce land and property-related disputes in villages while improving transparency, he said.The meeting reviewed pending work relating to drone mapping, ground verification and distribution of property cards. Officials said that drone surveys had to be conducted again in some villages to map buildings properly. The CS asked district officials to ensure that such pending exercises were completed within the prescribed timeline.
