Question- Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the recently launched Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) Scheme?
1-Land identification number will same as Aadhaar no. of the land owner.
2-Every plot of land in the country will be covered under the scheme.
3-The government will use the longitude and latitude of a land parcel for land identification.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) All of the above
Ans-(b)
Related Facts-
- The ULPIN scheme has been launched in ten States this year(2021) and will be rolled out across the country by March 2022, the Department of Land Resources told the Standing Committee on Rural Development.
- It would allot a 14-digit identification number to every plot of land in the country within a year’s time.
- It will subsequently integrate its land records database with revenue court records and bank records, as well as Aadhaar numbers on a voluntary basis.
- The scheme will enhance the service deliveries to the citizen of the country and will also function as inputs to the schemes of the other sectors like Agriculture, Finance Disaster Management etc.
- This is the next step in the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP), which began in 2008.
- Proper land statistics and land accounting through ULPIN will help develop land banks and lead towards Integrated Land Information Management System (ILIMS).
By-Yogesh Pratap Singh