Government is committed to computerize land records in Delhi: C.M.

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Smt. Sheila Dikshit stated that her government committed to computerize land records in Delhi in order to contain the cases of litigation/social conflicts/disputes over land, corruption in issuance of land related copies of Khatauni/Fard and mutations & ensure tamper-proof land records.  The government is implementing a pilot project based on a software namely Indraprasth Bhulekh developed by the National Informatics Centre in Najafgarh Sub-division under South-West Revenue District.  Smt. Dikshit expressed confidence that with proper computerization of land records in Delhi, the government would be able to properly plan developmental works in rural Delhi, undertake infrastructural & environmental development, integrate computerized land records with the Sub-registrar offices to initiate automatic mutation process simultaneously while transaction taking place in rural area.

Delhi Land Records Computerization Program is being implemented with support and in coordination with the NIC Delhi.  It is a Land Records Information System, which allows basic data entry of all the plots and ownerships-Khatauni, Khasra, Girdawari, field book, mutation queries, reports and details of proceedings under various important sections of Delhi Land Reform Act.  The system allows for continuous updating of records even based on amendment in Land Revenue Rules. . 

The computerization of land records would facilitate issue on demand a copy of an authenticated digitalized map of land records, easy maintenance and updating of changes which occur in land database due to availability of irrigation/natural calamities/consolidation or on account of legal changes like transfer of ownership, partition, land acquisition, lease and preparation of an annual set of records in the mechanized process and thereby producing accurate documents for recording details such as collection of land revenue, cropping pattern.