Aadhar-like unique ID numbers for land parcels
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Economic Times, Sept 18, 2019
New Delhi: India will soon start issuing unique numbers for landholdings as part of an exercise expected to bring transparency and end dubious land ownership. The rural development ministry has started work on assigning a standardised unique number for each surveyed plot, a senior government official said.
The unique number will have details of the state, district or zilla, tehsil or taluka, block level and street information, wherever applicable, and information about the plot including size and ownership details.
“This unique land parcel number could subsequently be linked to the Aadhaar and revenue court system,” the official told ET on condition of anonymity.
According to the official, the government is of the view that assigning unique numbers to plots of land would facilitate real estate transactions, help resolve property taxation issues and improve disaster planning and response efforts, besides making it easier to acquire land for public projects.