Land Record News
Opinion | Modernizing land records in India
While the DILRMP so far has looked at the digitization of land records, it has not addressed issues around land ownership
4 min read10 Sep 2018Opinion: The need for digitizing land records in India
Clear land titles will make it easier for the poor to borrow from the formal financial sector
3 min read7 Aug 2018Can blockchain solve land record problems?
While blockchain could ensure the integrity and indisputability of future changes, it cannot resolve the differences that exist today
4 min read12 Apr 2018DBT of fertilizer subsidy to make farm sector planning more effective
The agriculture ministry will implement direct benefit transfer (DBT) of fertilizer subsidy in the 14 remaining states from 1 January 2018
2 min read26 Dec 2017Telangana govt to use blockchain tech for securing land records
Telangana govt will use blockchain technology to not just update land records, but also to ensure dynamic upgradation of data, says principal secretary Jayesh Ranjan
2 min read20 Oct 2017Andhra Pradesh, Telangana look plans to digitise land deals with blockchain
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana are exploring a switch to blockchain technology to record land deals digitally, bring transparency to a system that is rife with fraud
2 min read11 Aug 2017Blockchain land records
If we use blockchain to record land transfers, we can have an immutable history of every property transaction that can be viewed by everyone and tampered by no one
4 min read21 Jun 2017Govt nearly doubles budget for digitisation of land records
Scheduled to be completed in 2016 with a budget of Rs5,600 crore, the land records digitisation project will now conclude in 2021 at a projected cost of Rs11,000 crore
2 min read7 Sep 2016The promise of Rajasthan’s titling law
Implementation of a new titling regime, especially if emulated nationally, will be another big step in moving the country towards a rules-based regime
3 min read11 Apr 2016Vasundhara Raje wins the ‘title’ on reforms
The passage of the Rajasthan Urban Land (Certification of Titles) Bill marks the most dramatic event in the history of property rights reforms in the country
5 min read8 Apr 2016Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared