Land Reforms in India: Computerisation of Land Records

Wajahat Habibullah, Manoj Ahuja

SAGE Publications India, Jun 14, 2005 - Business & Economics - 315 pages

This is the tenth volume in a major series which studies the status of land reforms throughout the country. It examines the progress achieved and the difficulties encountered in the computerisation of land records in various states.

In 1988, the central government sponsored the Computerisation of Land Records (CoLR) scheme to tackle the recurring problems thrown up by inadequate land records system. Providing a critical appraisal of CoLR, the 20 articles in the volume are divided into three sections: Computerisation of Land Records; Digitisation of Cadastral Maps; and Land Information System.

Based on empirical data and field studies, this volume is an important contribution towards understanding the socio-economic realities and social dynamics of contemporary India in the framework of land reforms.

Contents

• Acknowledgements: 9
• Editors Introduction: 10
• Computerisation of Land Records: 19
• National Perspective: 21
• Interstate Variations: 34
• Online Delivery of Record of Rights Tenancy and Cultivation to Farmers in Karnataka: 47
• A Case Study: 78
• A Study from Gulbarga District: 90
• 6 Computerisation of Land Records in Haryana: 119
• 7 Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Computerisation of Land Records in West Bengal: 128
• Achievements and Experiences: 150
• A Micro Study: 157
• A Case Study of Bhojpur Bihar: 181
• 11 An Experience of Application of IT to Land Records Management: 195
• Need to Rethink: 210
• 13 Computerisation of Land Records in Rajasthan: 218
• Digitisation of Cadastral Maps: 225
• Problems and Solutions: 227
• 15 Digitisation of Cadastral Maps in Madhya Pradesh: 233
• 16 Do We Need a Digital Cadastre?: 241
• 17 Modern Technology in Survey and Settlement Operations in West Bengal: 256
• 18 Computerisation and Digitisation of Survey and Land Records in Andhra Pradesh: 266
• 19 Updation of Land Records Computerisation and Digitisation of Cadastral Survey Maps with Reference to JK: 286
• Land Information System: 297
• The Indian Perspective: 299
• About the Editors and Contributors: 306
• Index: 309

About the author

Wajahat Habibullah is currently Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. A member of the Indian Administrative Service of the 1968 batch, Mr Habibullah belongs to the Jammu and Kashmir cadre. He has been Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace, Washington, DC (2003–04); Director of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie (2000–03); and Secretary of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (1991–93). In addition, he has held senior administrative posts in the state of Jammu and Kashmir as well as in the central government in New Delhi. He has written articles and papers on the problems affecting Kashmir and the protection of human rights.

Manoj Ahuja is currently Deputy Director (Senior), Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Missourian. He is a member of the Orissa cadre of the Indian Administrative Service (1990 batch) and has held various posts in the Government of Orissa. He has previously coauthored reports on the computerisation of land records in Karnataka and West Bengal. His areas of interest cover e-governance, Panchayati Raj, and computerisation of land records.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Land Reforms in India: Computerisation of Land Records; Volume 10 of Land Reforms in India series
• Editors: Wajahat Habibullah, Manoj Ahuja
• Publisher: SAGE Publications India, 2005
• ISBN: 8132103491, 9788132103493
• Length: 315 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Economics / General; Business & Economics / General