Madhya Pradesh

• 07 Oct 2021

Swamitva Scheme

Why in News

• On October 6, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed virtually all land rights records to 1 lakh 71 thousand villagers of 3 thousand villages in 19 districts of Madhya Pradesh under the 'Swamitva Yojana'.

Key Points

• It is to be noted that this central scheme of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj was launched at the national level by the Hon'ble Prime Minister on National Panchayati Raj Day, April 24, 2021, after the successful completion of the pilot phase (2020-2021) of the scheme in 9 states.
• The goal of this scheme is to give ownership rights of residential land to the people in the villages of the country. This scheme will help towards making the villagers self-reliant. The scheme will pave the way for the villagers to use property as a financial resource for availing loans and other financial benefits, as in urban areas.
• It aims to demarcate residential areas in rural areas through latest survey drone-technology.