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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRYOF PANCHAYATIRAJ
RAJYASABHA
UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 3750
ANSWEREDON 25.03.2026
DISTRIBUTIONOFSVAMITVAPROPERTYCARDS
3750#SHRIGHANSHYAM TIWARI:
Will the Minister of PANCHAYATIRAJ be pleased to state:
a. the number of property cards distributed so far under the Survey Of Villages And
Mapping With Improvised Technology In Village Areas (SVAMITVA) scheme, the
State-wise details thereof;
b. the steps taken to ensure complete distribution of property cards in the remaining un-
mappedvillages;
c. details of the villages mapped through drone technology and the timeline for
achievingcomplete coverage;
d. the contributionof the said scheme inreducingpropertydisputes inrural areas; and
e. the extent of share of women beneficiaries recognized as owner or co-owner under
SVAMITVA?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ
(SHRIRAJIVRANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)
(a) Under the SVAMITVAScheme, 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 detailsof PropertyCards prepared anddistributed andare at Annexure-I.
(b) and (c) 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
regularmonitoringof the progress andtimely completionof the Scheme.
(d) The main objective of the SVAMITVASchemeis 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 accuracymaps of abadiareas of villages. These highly accurate mapshelp reduce
1property-related disputes by clearly demarcating property boundaries and creating Record of
Rights. Furthermore, transparent process of ground verification and dispute resolution
ensures thatownership recordsare finalized fairlyandaccurately.
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
propertycardsloanscanalso be availed from banks.
(e) 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 andDadra Nagar Haveli.
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2Annexure-I
Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3750
answered on 25.03.2026regarding ‘SVAMITVAScheme’
Summary
S. States/Uts Notified Drone Numberof Numberof Numberof
No. Villages Flying villagesfor 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
& DamanDiu
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 HimachalPradesh 15196 14108 364 5419 5395
12 Jammu andKashmir 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 5418319
19 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
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