Parliament Question: Property Card Issuance under SVAMITVA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRYOF PANCHAYATIRAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 2632 ANSWEREDON 16.12.2025 PROPERTYCARDISSUANCE UNDER SVAMITVA

2632. SHRICAPTAIN BRIJESH CHOWTA:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATIRAJ be pleased to State:

(a) the manner in which the Ministry is working with banks and financial institutions to track andpromote the use of propertycardsfor securing institutional creditfor rural citizens;

(b) the current status of implementation of the SVAMITVA Scheme in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, including the number of villages surveyed and property cards issued so far;

(c) the timeline set for completion of drone-based property surveys in all revenue villages of the district;

(d) whether the Ministry has identified any logistical or administrative challenges from the Karnataka State government,if so, the detailsthereof;

(e) the status of integrating SVAMITVA data with Panchayats’ Own Source of Revenue systems for transparent propertytaxcollection; and

(f) whether any villages in Dakshina Kannada remain excluded due to legal/technical//tenure issues, if so, the reasons for such exclusions andthe corrective measures tocoverthem? ANSWER MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRIRAJIVRANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)

(a) The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has had several meetings and is in constant communication with the Department of Financial Services (DFS), State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC), Reserve Bank of India (RBI), as well as Banks to track and promote the use of property cards for securing institutional credit for rural citizens. The State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) usually has an agenda item pertaining to credit against SVAMITVApropertycardstofacilitatethe acceptanceofpropertycardsformortgage purpose.

(b) In the Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka the drone survey hasbeencompletedin81 villages out of the total 422 villages and 2,605 Property Cards have been distributed in those 81villages.

1(c)The SVAMITVASchemewillconclude inMarch 2026.

(d) The Ministry has witnessed slow progress of drone flying, ground verification and distribution of propertycardsaschallengesinthe Statefor the implementationofSVAMITVA Scheme.

(e) The State has not integrated the SVAMITVA data with the Panchayats’ Own Source of Revenue systemfortransparent propertytaxcollection.

(f) The State Government has informed that the remaining villages in Dakshina Kannada district have not been taken up under SVAMITVA Survey due to the reason that this district doesnot have the Gramathana or compact habitationclusters. The habitations have a highly scatteredsettlementpattern.

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