Bhu Aadhar will be made for the land of villages, what was announced in the budget

New Delhi: The central government on Tuesday proposed a unique identification number or ‘Bhu-Aadhaar’ for land in rural areas and digitisation of all urban land records as part of several land-related reforms in the Budget. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her speech that the Centre will work closely with the states to implement these land reforms in both rural and urban areas. The Centre will provide financial assistance to encourage states to complete these reforms within the next three years.

Sitharaman said land-related reforms and actions in both rural and urban areas will include (1) land administration, planning and management, and (2) urban planning, use and building bye-laws. These will be encouraged to be completed within the next three years through appropriate financial assistance.

Regarding rural land-related works, he/she said these would include allotment of Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) or Bhoo-Aadhar for all lands, digitisation of Bhoo-Aadhar maps, survey of map sub-divisions as per current ownership, establishment of land registry and linking it with farmers’ registry.

These works will also facilitate credit flow and other agricultural services, the minister said. Regarding works related to urban land, Sitharaman said, land records in urban areas will be digitised with GIS mapping. An IT-based system will be set up for property record administration and tax administration. This will also help in improving the financial condition of urban local bodies.

The Finance Minister underlined that the Central Government will prepare an economic policy framework to outline a comprehensive approach to economic development and set out the scope of the next generation of reforms to facilitate employment opportunities and sustain high growth.