Recently Chief Secretary, chaired a meeting to review progress on digitisation of land records of revenue villages of J&K under Digital India Land Record Modernisation Program (DlLRMP).

He reaffirmed the commitment of UT government towards boosting digitisation and maintenance of land records under DILRMP. He impressed upon the officers to ensure completion of the same within the set timelines.

Highlighting the importance of quality land records, he stated that digitally updated and transparent land records facilitate optimisation of land resources and sharing of information with various agencies for assisting in policy and planning. He maintained that integration of digitised records with geo-referenced cadastral maps is essential to ensure seamless access to land records for enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of public service delivery.

He impressed upon the Department to constitute teams of revenue experts who would visit the districts to gauge the accuracy of the digitised records. He made out that it is pivotal to check the quality and accuracy of these records and people themselves should take lead in scrutinising their respective records for any discrepancies so that these are timely rectified.

Maintaining that most of the services rendered by the Revenue department are guaranteed under Public Service Guarantee Act (PSGA), the Chief Secretary called for effective monitoring service delivery at different levels. He asked for keeping check on last-minute reverting or cancellation of applications maintaining that it defeats the purpose of PSGA.