Jammu and Kashmir has made significant progress in the digitization of land records, with over 7.28 crore revenue documents, including Jamabandis, mutations, and Girdawari records, scanned and uploaded onto the Land Records Information System (LRIS), officials said.
The progress was reviewed during a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo to assess the implementation of key initiatives such as the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP), SVAMITVA, Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN), and NAKSHA.
Officials informed that 98 per cent of Khasras across the Union Territory have been digitized and approved, while 97 per cent of villages have completed the first-level freezing process. More than 5,401 grievance camps were organized at the village level for the public reading of Jamabandis, during which over 52,000 non-quasi judicial and more than 5,700 quasi judicial grievances were recorded and are being addressed.
Highlighting the transformative potential of land records digitization, the Chief Secretary said that such initiatives would revolutionize governance and bring greater transparency and convenience to the public. He directed revenue officers to strictly adhere to rules and intensify efforts to eliminate illegal mutations.
Additional Chief Secretary (Financial Commissioner, Revenue) Shaleen Kabra emphasized the need for rigorous quality checks to ensure the accuracy and reliability of digitized records. Administrative Secretary Revenue Kumar Rajeev Ranjan informed that over 20.56 lakh ULPIN numbers have been generated for 3,320 villages, while 95.2 per cent of villages have been geo-referenced under cadastral map digitization.
The meeting also reviewed progress under the NAKSHA program, with aerial survey and ground verification completed for Bishnah. The target for final freezing of updated Jamabandis is completion by March 31, officials said.
