NEW DELHI: In a groundbreaking development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed e-property cards to 1,71,000 beneficiaries under the SVAMITVA scheme in a virtual interaction with them in Madhya Pradesh today,  6 October. Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also present during the event.

SVAMITVA, or Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas, is a central scheme of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj that targets to offer property rights to residents in rural areas.

The scheme will pave the way for using the property as a financial asset by villagers for taking loans and other financial benefits, like in urban areas. It aims to demarcate inhabited lands in rural areas through the latest surveying drone technology. The scheme has also provided a boost to the ecosystem of drone manufacturing in the country.

The scheme seeks to achieve the objectives such as the creation of accurate land records for rural planning and reduce property-related disputes; bring financial stability to rural citizens by enabling them to use their property as a financial asset for taking loans and other financial benefits; determination of property tax and so on.

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