Svamitva scheme

• The UP state government recently completed the distribution of 55,14,921 ‘gharaunis’ (rural house records) in Uttar Pradesh under the Svamitva scheme.

About SVAMITVA scheme:

• A Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas (SVAMITVA) is a Central Sector Scheme launched in 2021.
• It seeks to give ownership of property in rural inhabited areas, by mapping land parcels using drone technology and providing a ‘Record of Rights’ to village household owners with the issuance of legal ownership cards (Property cards/Title deeds) to the property owners.
• It is implemented with the collaborative efforts of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, State Revenue Department, State Panchayati Raj Department and Survey of India.
• Full coverage of nearly 6.62 lakh villages in India and establishment of an extensive CORS network with 567 CORS stations.
• CORS network
  • A Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) network provides regional positioning service.
  • It plays a major role in achieving centimetre accuracy positioning in many applications, for example, cadastral mapping, land information management, large-scale mapping