Cadastral maps of 35% of India’s 6 lakh villages geo-referenced: Govt

• Union government has informed that cadastral maps of 35% of over six lakh villages in country have so far been geo-referenced under Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP).
• Cadastral Maps are a digital form of land records that show all boundaries of different parts of land pieces based on their length, area, and direction.

About DILRMP

• DILRMP is implemented by Department of Land Resources under Ministry of Rural Development
• It is a Central Sector scheme that has been extended to 2023-24, to complete its original targets as well as expand its ambit with a slew of new schemes.
• 3 Major components:
  • Computerization of land record,
  • Survey/re-survey,
  • Computerization of Registration.