Bhoomi Samman Awards

• President of India presented the “Bhoomi Samman” 2023 at a function organised recently by the Union Ministry of Rural Development.
• She presented the Bhoomi Samman awards to 68 district collectors and nine state secretaries for their accomplishments in the Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP).
• In the field of Digital India Land Records modernization, Madhya Pradesh has secured the first position in the country in both state and district categories.
• 15 districts of Madhya Pradesh have been awarded Platinum Grading for 100 % achievement in all the components of Digital India Land Records Management Programme.

ABOUT DILRMP

• The Digital India Land Records Management Programme is a central sector scheme being run by the Department of Land Resources (under the Ministry of Rural Development) since 2008-09 with 100% central government funding.
• Objective– It attempts to build upon the commonalities that exist in the arena of land records in various States to develop an appropriate Integrated Land Information Management System (ILIMS) across the country.
  • The ILIMS integrates all the processes and lands records databases with the banks, financial institutions, circle rates, Registration Offices and other sectors.
• Major components: Computerization of land records, Survey/re-survey, Computerization of Registration.
• Under the programme, a monthly grading system has been implemented, based on the data recorded on the Management Information System (MIS) of the programme to reward the districts that have done well since January 2022.
  • It offers Silver grades ranging from 90% to 95%, Gold from 95% to 99% and Platinum grades at more than 99% work efficiency.