UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2024

With reference to the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme, consider the following statements: 1. To implement the scheme, the Central Government provides 100% funding. 2. Under the Scheme, Cadastral Maps are digitised. 3. An initiative has been undertaken to transliterate the Records of Rights from local language to any of the languages recognised by the Constitution of India. Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer

Correct Answer

1, 2 and 3

Explanation

All three statements are correct. The Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme is fully funded by the Central Government. Its activities include digitising cadastral maps and computerising land records. The programme also includes transliteration of Records of Rights from local languages into any of the languages recognised by the Constitution, improving access to land-record information. Therefore, all three statements are correct.

Topics: digital india land records modernisation programme, digitisation and transliteration of land records, governance, land administration