Chhattisgarh Received Bhoomi Samman from the President Mrs. Murmu

• 19 Jul 2023

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On July 18, 2023, Chhattisgarh was honoured with Bhoomi Samman at the hands of President Mrs. Draupadi Murmu in a program organized at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. Along with this, two districts of the state, Surguja and Bemetara, were also awarded Bhoomi Samman Platinum Certificate for land management and administration.

Key Points:

• The state and two districts have received this award for better implementation of the existing four components of the Digital India Land Records Modernization Program (DILRMP).
• Secretary Revenue Department Neelam Namdev Ekka, Inspector General Registration and Superintendent Kiran Kaushal, Director Land Records Ramesh Sharma received Bhoomi Samman at the hands of the President for the digitization and management of land records at the state level.
• Similarly, Bhoomi Samman Platinum Certificate was also awarded to Bemetara Collector PS Elma and Surguja Collector Kundan Kumar for the digitization and management of land records at the district level.
• It is worth mentioning that under DILRMP, 95 percent works related to land management have been completed in the state. Similarly, the digitization of land records of four components related to land management, coordination of registration office with tehsil office, a modern record room and survey-reserve work has been completed 100 percent in Sarguja and Bemetara districts of the state. These districts are among the top districts in the country in land management.
• With the digitization of all land-related records, people are getting real-time information related to their land. This information can be viewed from mobile from anywhere and at any time through the internet. With the digitization of land records and its management, land-related information is now easily accessible to people. People do not have to visit government offices to get land-related records.
• Due to easy availability of all the records to the people, there has been a reduction in the cases of fraud related to the land. There has also been a reduction in the number of cases in the land related courts. With the computerization of land records, documents have been easily available for such certificates, which require information about land records. With this, people are getting income, caste and residence certificates easily. The purpose of this whole system is also to ensure the right of record to the citizen.