Context

The Prime Minister has launched the Swamitva Scheme and e-Gramswaraj Portal & mobile app as a portal to prepare and plan Gram Panchayat Development Plans.

About Swamitva Scheme

• SWAMITVA stands for Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas.
• Under the scheme, the latest surveying technology such as drones will be used for measuring the inhabited land in villages and rural areas.
• The mapping and survey will be conducted in collaboration with the Survey of India, State Revenue Department and State Panchayati Raj Department under the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
• The drones will draw the digital map of every property falling in the geographical limit of each Indian village.
• Property Cards will be prepared and given to the respective owners.

Benefits of the scheme

• The scheme will create records of land ownership in villages and these records will further facilitate tax collection, new building plan and issuance of permits.
• It will enable the government to effectively plan for the infrastructural programs in villages.
• It would help in reducing the disputes over property.

About e-Gramswaraj Portal

• E Gram Swaraj portal is the official portal of central govt for the implementation of Swamitva scheme.
• By visiting this portal people can check their Panchayat profile easily. It will also contain the details of ongoing development works and the fund allocated for them.
• Any citizen can create his or her account on the portal and can know about the developmental works of villages.
• The user of E Gram Swaraj portal can also access all work of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
• This single interface will help speed-up the implementation of projects in rural areas from planning to completion.

Source:TOI