Bhopal, June 29 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh government has started its biggest-ever land records digitisation exercise, targeting nearly 150 million old revenue documents under the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP).

The initiative is aimed at making land records easily accessible to citizens, improving transparency in the revenue administration and ensuring the long-term preservation of old documents, according to an official statement issued on Monday.

“The state government is committed to ensuring easy, swift and transparent access to government land records for citizens, as well as the secure preservation of old land records,” the statement said.

The ongoing exercise marks the third phase of the state’s land records modernisation programme and is the largest since the scheme was launched. More than 55 million land records were digitised during the first two phases.

It stated that the project involves setting up modern scanning centres in districts and developing a Document Management System (DMS) and DBES software for digitisation and preservation of old revenue records.

Every scanned document will undergo metadata entry and DBES-based double-blind data entry before being verified online by the concerned Patwari. Only after verification will the records be uploaded to the Bhulekh Portal for public access.

According to the statement, scanning of around 27 million land records has already been completed in 12 districts of the Jabalpur and Narmadapuram divisions during the first stage of the current phase. Data entry and verification are now underway.

The second stage of the project will begin in July and cover 11 districts in the Bhopal and Sagar divisions. The government has already issued the necessary guidelines to the district administrations.

“The digitisation of land records will make the revenue system more transparent and effective. It will also make it easier for citizens to view and obtain their land records online,” the statement said.

–IANS

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