<h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">SVAMITVA Scheme</strong></h1><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h3><strong>Context&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">SVAMITVA scheme to cover all the<strong> village household owners possessing houses in inhabited (Abadi) areas</strong> in villages of the country.</li></ul><h3><strong>About&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1 ql-align-justify">SVAMITVA, a<strong> Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj was nation-wide launched on National Panchayati Raj Day, 24th April 2021</strong> after successful completion of pilot phase of scheme (2020-2021) in 9 states.</li><li class="ql-indent-1 ql-align-justify">SVAMITVA stands for <strong>Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas.</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1 ql-align-justify">The Scheme is <strong>implemented with the collaborative efforts of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, State Revenue Department, State Panchayati Raj Department and Survey of India. </strong>&nbsp;</li></ul><h3 class="ql-align-justify"><strong>Aim: To provide an integrated property validation solution for rural India.</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1 ql-align-justify">It is a s<strong>cheme for mapping the land parcels in rural inhabited areas using drone technology and Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS).</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1 ql-align-justify">The mapping will be done across the country in a phase-wise manner over a period of four years – from 2020 to 2024.</li><li class="ql-indent-1 ql-align-justify"><strong>The scheme covers multifarious aspects</strong> viz. facilitating monetisation of properties and enabling bank loan; reducing property related disputes; comprehensive village level planning, would be the stepping-stone towards achieving Gram Swaraj in true sense and making rural India Atma Nirbhar.</li></ul><h3 class="ql-align-justify">Benefits :</h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1 ql-align-justify">The outcome from the scheme would include updating the ‘record-of rights’ in the revenue/property registers and issuance of property cards to the property owners.</li><li class="ql-indent-1 ql-align-justify">This would facilitate monetization of rural residential assets for credit and other financial services.</li><li class="ql-indent-1 ql-align-justify">Further, this would also have the way for clear determination of property tax, which would accrue to the GPs leading to better civic amenities.</li></ul><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h1 class="ql-align-center">PRELIMS NOTES:<a href="https://www.sunyaias.com/subscription-details/prelims-2023-sunya-notes-current-affairs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">CLICK HERE</a></h1>