NAKSHA Programme
★ In News: The Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Ministry of Rural Development is going to start the second batch of phase 2 of capacity-building programme under the NAKSHA programme from 16th June 2025, across four Centres of Excellence (CoEs) in the country.
★ The phase 1 and phase 2 of (1st batch) of the NAKSHA capacity building programme have successfully trained 160 Master Trainers (completed in May 2025) at NIGST, Hyderabad and 151 ULB officers (trained from 2nd–7th June 2025), at Five CoEs respectively.
★ NAKSHA (NAtional geospatial Knowledge-based land Survey of urban HAbitations) programme is aimed at modernizing urban land records using advanced geospatial technologies.
★ It operates under the broader Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP).
★ It is being implemented by the Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Government of India in association with the Survey of India, NICSI, MPSeDC, and five Centres of Excellence, as a pilot programme.
★ It was launched as a pilot programme across 157 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in 27 States and 3 Union Territories initially.
★ This program will provide clarity on ownership of land and solve land related disputes in urban areas.
Source: PIB
