{"id":10118,"date":"2026-05-03T12:13:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T06:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=10118"},"modified":"2026-05-04T17:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:02:46","slug":"svamitva-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/svamitva-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"SVAMITVA Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>SVAMITVA Scheme Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rural property ownership scheme, SVAMITVA, is emerging as a potent tool for formalisation of residential land, improving the financial standing of gram panchayats, and making a positive impact on the rural economy, says a survey by IIM Ahmedabad. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About SVAMITVA Scheme<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas (SVAMITVA)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>central sector scheme<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><b>Ministry of Panchayati Raj.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>launched nationwide<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on National Panchayati Raj Day, 24th April <\/span><b>2021, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after successful completion of the pilot phase of the scheme ( 2020-2021) in 9 states.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It aims to <\/span><b>empower rural citizens with property cards<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, enabling access to credit, dispute resolution, and better planning.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides a<\/span><b> \u2018Record of Rights\u2019 to village household owners<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the<\/span><b> issuance of legal ownership cards (property card<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s\/title deeds) to the property owners <\/span><b>by mapping land parcels using drone technology.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mapping shall be done across the country in a phased manner. It generates <\/span><b>high-resolution and accurate maps to confer ownership property rights.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scheme seeks to achieve the following <\/span><b>objectives:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To bring <\/span><b>financial stability<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the citizens in rural India by enabling them to <\/span><b>use <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">their <\/span><b>property as a financial asset for taking loans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and other financial benefits.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creation of <\/span><b>accurate land records for rural planning<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Determination of property tax, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which would accrue to the Gram Panchayats (GPs) directly in States where it is devolved or else add to the State exchequer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Creation of survey infrastructure and GIS maps<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that can be leveraged by any department for their use.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To support the preparation of a<\/span><b> better-quality Gram Panchayat Development Plan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(GPDP) by making <\/span><b>use of GIS maps.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To <\/span><b>reduce property-related disputes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and legal cases.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Eligibility<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The applicant <\/span><b>should have<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a <\/span><b>property in a rural inhabited (Abadi) area.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Exclusions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>Agricultural lands <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are not covered under this scheme.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Implementing Agency:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is implemented by the<\/span><b> Survey of India (SoI)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the <\/span><b>National Informatics Centre Services Inc. (NICSI) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as the <\/span><b>technology partner.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>In the States, the Revenue Department\/Land Records Department<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be the <\/span><b>Nodal Department <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and shall carry out the scheme with the <\/span><b>support of the State Panchayati Raj Department.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribuneindia.com\/news\/india\/govts-svamitva-scheme-emerging-as-a-potent-tool-for-formalisation-of-rural-residential-land-iim-survey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SVAMITVA Scheme empowers rural residents by documenting residential properties, enabling ownership rights and boosting economic opportunities in villages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":101820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,7333,350],"class_list":{"0":"post-10118","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-prelims-pointers","9":"tag-svamitva-scheme","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-afffairs","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10118"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101813,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10118\/revisions\/101813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}