**Executive Summary**
This report details the progress of the SVAMITVA Scheme as of March 19, 2026, aimed at providing digital property records to rural inhabitants. With 3.29 lakh villages surveyed by drones out of a 3.44 lakh target, the initiative has distributed 2.65 crore property cards to date. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj continues to monitor the scheme’s implementation to ensure timely completion and the resolution of rural land disputes.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Scheme Objectives and Technology**
* **Record of Rights:** The primary goal is to provide official land ownership records to property owners in rural inhabited (abadi) areas.
* **Advanced Mapping:** The scheme utilizes drone surveys and Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) technology to create high-accuracy village maps.
* **Dispute Reduction:** Precise demarcation of boundaries through transparent ground verification minimizes property-related legal conflicts.
**Implementation Framework**
* **Funding and Roles:** The Ministry of Panchayati Raj funds the Survey of India for drone surveys and map preparation.
* **State Responsibility:** State and UT governments are responsible for ground truthing, card preparation, and the final distribution of property cards.
* **Collaborative Monitoring:** The Central government engages in regular monitoring with the Survey of India and state authorities to track progress.
**Social and Financial Benefits**
* **Legal Ownership:** Property cards provide clear legal titles, fostering social harmony and resolving long-standing family land disputes.
* **Financial Inclusion:** Possession of SVAMITVA property cards enables owners to access loans from banks.
* **Gender Equality:** While the Ministry does not track gender-wise data centrally, states like Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, and Karnataka have provisioned for the co-ownership of women on property cards.
**Key Statistics (as of 19 March 2026)**
* **Drone Surveys:** Completed in 3,29,675 villages.
* **Card Preparation:** 3,10,10,249 cards prepared across 1,87,665 villages.
* **Distribution:** 2,65,70,115 property cards successfully distributed to beneficiaries.
**Impact Analysis**
**Rural Property Owners**
**Impact**
Owners gain legal recognition of their assets, leading to reduced litigation and the ability to leverage property for financial credit.
**Action Required**
Property owners must participate in the ground-truthing process and collect their official property cards upon issuance.
**States and Union Territories**
**Impact**
Local governments are empowered to streamline rural land administration and promote social stability through accurate records.
**Action Required**
Authorities must complete ground verification, finalize ownership records with the consent of involved parties, and ensure the distribution of prepared cards.
**Survey of India (SoI)**
**Impact**
As the technical partner, SoI is responsible for the massive scale of high-resolution mapping across rural India.
**Action Required**
SoI must utilize provided funds to complete the remaining drone surveys and map preparation for the outstanding target villages.
Key Entities Referenced
SVAMITVA Scheme: A central government initiative to provide legal ownership rights to property owners in rural inhabited (Abadi) areas using drone survey and mapping technology.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj: The nodal ministry responsible for providing funds, monitoring progress, and coordinating with states for the implementation of the SVAMITVA scheme.
Survey of India: The primary technical agency responsible for conducting drone surveys and preparing high-accuracy maps for the creation of rural property cards.
Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh: The Union Minister who presented the official progress data and success stories of the property card distribution in the Rajya Sabha.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
DISTRIBUTION OF SVAMITVA PROPERTY
CARDS
Posted On: 25 MAR 2026 1:58PM by PIB Delhi
Under the SVAMITVA Scheme, as on 19thMarch 2026, drone survey has been completed in 3.29 lakh
villages out of targeted 3.44 lakh villages. 3.10 crore property cards have been prepared for 1.87 lakh
villages and 2.65 crore property cards have been distributed. The State/UT-wise details of Property Cards
prepared and distributed and are at Annexure-I.
As on 19 March 2026, drone survey has been completed in 3.29 lakh villages out of targeted 3.44 lakh
villages. Ministry of Panchayati Raj provides funds to Survey of India for drone survey and Map
preparation. Subsequent activities such as ground truthing, preparation and distribution of property cards
are undertaken by States/UTs. Distribution of Property Cards is also done at the Central and State level,
with the consent of the States/UTs. Ministry of Panchayati Raj is continuously engaging with States/UTs
and Survey of India for regular monitoring of the progress and timely completion of the Scheme.
The main objective of the SVAMITVA Scheme is to provide Record of Rights to property owners in rural
inhabited areas. Under the Scheme, rural inhabited land is demarcated using ‘drone survey’ and
‘Continuously Operating Reference Stations’ (CORS) technology to create high accuracy maps of abadi
areas of villages. These highly accurate maps help reduce property-related disputes by clearly demarcating
property boundaries and creating Record of Rights. Furthermore, transparent process of ground
verification and dispute resolution ensures that ownership records are finalized fairly and accurately.
The scheme is implemented in a completely scientific manner, in which property cards are issued with the
consent of both the parties, hence the possibility of dispute is negligible. The various success stories
received from the States/UTs indicate that the SVAMITVA Property Card has helped to reduce the
property-related disputes. For example, a household owner from a village in Samba district, Jammu &
Kashmir, has conveyed that with the help of the SVAMITVA Scheme they were finally able to resolve a
property dispute that had troubled their family for years. The clear and transparent mapping process
ensured a fair division of the land, and with the official property card they now have legal ownership of
their share. This has fostered peace and harmony within the families and society. Based on SVAMITVA
property cards loans can also be availed from banks.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj does not maintain gender-wise record of number of beneficiaries, but states
have the right to issue property cards giving co-ownership rights to women. Accordingly, some states have
also provisioned for co-ownership of women in property cards such as Madhya Pradesh, Haryana,
Karnataka, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, J&K, Puducherry, Daman & Diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli.
Annexure-IS. States/Uts Notified Drone Number of Number of Number of
No. Villages Flying villages for property property
Completed which cards cards
Villages property prepared distributed
card
prepared
1 Andaman & Nicobar 186 186 141 7409 7409
Islands
2 Andhra Pradesh 13321 13321 1067 530351 0
3 Arunachal Pradesh 3647 3647 0 0 0
4 Assam 946 946 0 0 0
5 Chhattisgarh 15791 15791 2557 196757 92545
6 Dadra Nagar Haveli 80 80 75 4397 4397
& Daman Diu
7 Delhi 31 31 0 0 0
8 Goa 410 410 410 672646 672646
9 Gujarat 15025 14900 10122 1658089 1232223
10 Haryana 6260 6260 6260 2515646 2515646
11 Himachal Pradesh 15196 14108 364 5419 5395
12 Jammu and Kashmir 4429 4402 1294 43910 39418
13 Jharkhand 757 240 0 0 0
14 Karnataka 30715 26039 5032 1054754 336779
15 Kerala 597 597 0 0 0
16 Ladakh 232 232 225 18788 15623
17 Lakshadweep Islands 10 10 10 13563 13563
18 Madhya Pradesh 43014 43014 39813 6576707 541831919 Maharashtra 37819 37612 22609 3785481 3785481
20 Manipur 2555 207 0 0 0
21 Mizoram 568 568 30 4041 1,155
22 Odisha 2724 2724 43 1716 1,716
23 Puducherry 96 96 92 2801 2,801
24 Punjab 12083 10283 386 53591 4581
25 Rajasthan 36,300 35929 15163 1443423 1443423
26 Sikkim 1 1 0 0 0
27 Tamil Nadu 3 3 0 0 0
28 Telangana 5 5 0 0 0
29 Tripura 898 19 893 571783 571783
30 Uttar Pradesh 90573 90573 73713 11582743 10131232
31 Uttarakhand 7441 7441 7441 278229 278,229
Total 3,44,001 3,29,675 1,87,665 3,10,10,249 2,65,70,115
This information was given by Union Minister Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh in a written
reply in Rajya Sabha on 25th March 2026.
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