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SVAMITVA Scheme Completes 5 Years of Empowering Rural India with Property Rights and Technological Advancements.

Goverment Scheme | Dated: 25 Apr 2025

The SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) scheme, a game-changer in rural governance, was launched on April 24, 2020, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on National Panchayati Raj Day. After five successful years, the scheme continues to make a significant impact on rural India.

🎯 Key Highlights:

- The scheme is being executed by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) with crucial support from Survey of India (SoI), based in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, and the National Informatics Centre Services Inc. (NICSI), based in New Delhi as the technology partner.

💡 Other Important Facts:

(i) SVAMITVA is a Central Sector Scheme (CSS) aimed at providing ‘record of rights’ in the form of property cards to village household owners in inhabited rural areas across India.
(ii) Initially launched with a budget of Rs 566.23 crore from Financial Year 2020-21 (FY21), the scheme has been extended until FY26 to continue its progress.
(iii) As of January 18, 2025, the Government of India (GoI) had distributed a total of 65 lakh SVAMITVA property cards to households in over 50,000 villages across 10 states, including 2 Union Territories (UTs).

📚 Test Your Knowledge:

The SVAMITVA Scheme recently completed how many years of empowering rural India with property rights?

Correct Answer: 5 years

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About MoPR

Cabinet Minister: Lalan Singh
Headquarters: New Delhi