Implementation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes Computerisation of Land Records (CLR)

The Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Computerisation of Land Records (CLR) was started in 1988-89 with 100% financial assistance as a pilot project in eight Districts viz; Rangareddy (A.P.), Sonitpur (Assam), Singhbhum (Bihar), Gandhinagar (Gujarat), Morena (M.P.) Wardha (Maharastra), Mayurbhanj (Orissa) and Dungarpur (Rajasthan) to remove the problems inherent in the manual systems of maintenance and updating of Land Records and to meet the requirements of various groups of users. It was decided that efforts should be made to computerise CORE DATA contained in land records, to assist development planning and to make records accessible to people/planners and administrators.

Objectives
The main objectives of the Scheme are as follows:

i) To implement comprehensive and transparent Land information System capturing entire work flow of land records maintenance with a provision to store, retrieve and process land records data containing ownership, tenancy rights, crop details, land revenue, source of irrigation, mutation, its updation and dispute resolution

ii) On demand distribution of computerized copies of Record of Rights to the landowner at reasonable charges with a provision of on-line mutation module for ownership changes, seasonal crop updation etc. at tehsil level.

iii) Provision of legal sanctity to computer generated certificates of Land Records title documents after authentication by authorized revenue officials.

iv) To generate and integrate various level of data for purposes of planning, monitoring, evaluation of development programmes.

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