New Delhi:

The completion of the survey was fixed on March 2025, but due to several reasons the daeadline is missed. The scheme is being implemented with the collaborative efforts of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, State Revenue Department, State Panchayati Raj department and Survey of India.

After completion of the survey, this will help 3.45 lakh villages to get residential property cards. According to the government, once this survey work is done, it will help to bring economic transformation in rural areas by providing property owners in village residential areas with a record of rights, property monetisation, facilitating access to bank loans, minimising property disputes, and promoting comprehensive village-level planning.

The Centre has fixed March 2026 as the completion date of a survey of 30,000 villages with improvised technology under the SVAMITVA Scheme.

The drone surveys have been completed in 3.17 lakh villages out of the targeted 3.46 lakh villages across 31 States/UTs. Drone surveys have been saturated in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Ladakh, Dadra Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu, Delhi and Lakshadweep. And the scheme has been saturated in Haryana, Uttarakhand, Goa, Andaman & Nicobar Island, Puducherry, and Tirupura.

Minister of State for Panchayati Raj, SP Singh Baghel, informed Rajya Sabha, “As of March 13, 2025, the SVAMITVA Scheme has facilitated the preparation of 2.42 crore property cards across 1.61 lakh villages. The reasons for non-implementation of the scheme in certain States are various.”

The targets could not be achieved as it was impacted by several factors including adverse weather conditions, challenges in accessing scattered villages, logistical hurdles, delays in deploying drone teams, and other unforeseen circumstances, the ministry said.

As per Rajya Sabha data, the reasons for Non-Onboarding:

Bihar - The state has an existing comprehensive land survey program under the Bihar Special Survey and Settlement Act 2011 and Rules 2012, initiated in 2013.

West Bengal- The state possesses pre-existing "Abadi" records. No decision has been made to implement the SVAMITVA Scheme.

Chandigarh- There are no rural local bodies in the UT and the erstwhile villages have already been mapped.

According to data, reasons for Limited Pilot Implementation:

Tamil Nadu- The state cited the legal validity of existing village site area records, which are accepted for bank loans, as a reason for not extending the SVAMITVA Scheme.

Telangana-The state is engaged in discussions with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) for a bilateral survey with the Survey of India.

Sikkim- Due to the absence of demarcated abadi land, the state has opted to restrict the scheme's scope to the Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) network.

Nagaland- No decision has been made to implement this scheme.

Meghalaya- Due to the presence of Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) and restrictions on private ownership of tribal land, a limited-scope MoU focusing on drone surveys was proposed. However, no decision has been conveyed by the State.

Reasons for Limited Coverage:

Odisha- The state has limited the survey to about 3,054 villages in five districts due to the availability of prior land records in other areas.

Assam - Autonomous District Council (ADC) areas remain unsurveyed due to the inability to delineate abadi land. The state has provided a list of approximately 1,074 villages in non-ADC areas for a survey, it states.

Reasons for Implementation Suspension:

Jharkhand- According to RS data, implementation has been suspended by the Chief Minister due to perceived conflicts between property rights and provisions of the Santhal Pargana and Chhota Nagpur Tenancy Acts. Only 240 villages in the Khunti district have been surveyed.

Manipur- Implementation is currently on hold due to the prevailing situation in the state, with 209 villages surveyed to date.

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