With reference to the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme, consider the following statements : 1. To implement the scheme, the Central Government provides 100% funding. 2. Under the Scheme, Cadastral Maps are digitised. 3. An initiative has been undertaken to transliterate the Records of Rights from local language to any of the languages recognized by the Constitution of India. Which of the statements given above are correct ?
- (a) 1 and 2 only
- (b) 2 and 3 only
- (c) 1 and 3 only
- (d) 1, 2 and 3 ✓ UPSC's answer
Why the answer is (d)
• The Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP), run by the Department of Land Resources since 2016 as a Central Sector scheme, aims at a transparent, integrated land-records system.
• Statement 1 is correct: as a Central Sector scheme it is funded 100% by the Central Government.
• Statement 2 is correct: its components include computerisation of Records of Rights, digitisation of cadastral maps, survey/resurvey and integration with registration offices.
• Statement 3 is correct: the programme has taken up transliteration of Records of Rights from the local language into any of the 22 Scheduled languages using the Bhashini platform, so migrants and buyers can read records.
• Related initiatives include the Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (Bhu-Aadhaar). Hence 1, 2 and 3, option (d).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) 1 and 2 only
- Statement 3 on transliteration is also correct.
- (b) 2 and 3 only
- Statement 1 on 100% Central funding is also correct.
- (c) 1 and 3 only
- Statement 2 on cadastral map digitisation is also correct.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2024, held on 16 June 2024. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.