E property cards distribution under SVAMITVA: District Administration Rajouri hosts live telecast of grand launch ceremony by the PM

Rajouri, April, 24: Prime Minister, Narendra Modi today launched the distribution of e-property cards under the SVAMITVA scheme in a virtual event on the occasion of the National Panchayat Raj Day.

Over four lakh property owners have been given their e-property cards which also marked the rolling out of the SVAMITVA scheme for implementation across the country.

Prime Minister also conferred the National Panchayat Awards 2021 on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj day today. The award money ranging from 5 to 50 lakh has been directly transferred to the bank account of the Panchayats concerned on real time basis.

SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) scheme was launched by the Prime Minister on 24th April last year as a Central Sector Scheme to promote a socio-economically empowered and self-reliant rural India.The Scheme would cover 6.62 lakh villages during 2021-2025.

District Administration Rajouri under the overall supervision of the District Development Commissioner Rajouri, Rajesh K Shavan on the occasion of the National Panchayat Raj Day hosted the live telecast of the grand launch ceremony at DC office chamber.

National Panchayati Raj Day is celebrated on April 24 every year and signifies the decentralization of power to the grassroots by the institutionalization of the Panchayati Raj through the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992, which came into force on April 24, 1993.

DDC threw light on the significance of the scheme saying that the scheme has the potential to transform rural India using modern technical tools of mapping and surveying besides it also paves the way for using the property as a financial asset by villagers for availing loans and other financial benefits.

BDC Chairperson Rajouri, Durbar Chowdhury; BDC Chairperson Doongi, Riaz Chowdhary; ADC Rajouri, Sher Singh and AC Defence, Saleem Qureshi; ACD, Sushil Khajuria; DPO, Chander Kant Bhagat; ADIO NIC, Ashwini Sharma besides sarpanches and panches of different panchayats were present and witnessed the launch of the scheme.

Similar functions were organised across the district.