a This
could help cut down on disputes & prevent frauds.
a Will help determine exactly whom the property
belongs to
In the first such
initiative in India, the Maharashtra state government has decided to link
property tax records with Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) data
to serve as a business intelligence tool and define property ownership.
It will also seed
land record extracts (which are called Saatbaara) in Mulshi near Pune
& in Wardha district with AADHAAR on
a pilot basis before rolling it out across the state.
Senior state
information technology (IT) officials told, ''UIDAI data would be linked with
the property tax system of urban local bodies beginning with municipal
councils".
The pilot project
will begin in all municipal councils in Vidarbha’sWardha district, which has
over 95 per cent ADHAAR (Aadhaar coverage) -
the highest in Maharashtra. Above 6.6 crore residents have enrolled for
UIDAI in the state.
IT secretary Mr.
Rajesh Aggarwal said, “In case people do not have Aadhaar cards, they can
register at the citizen facilitation centres in the councils, which will play a
major part in the linkage.”
The Maharashtra state
government will also conduct a pilot to link UIDAI data with land record
extracts in Wardha & Mulshitalukas in Pune district. This will be precursor
to a state-wide rollout.
“We have decided to
begin a pilot project,” confirmed Mr. S.S. Kshatriya, Additional Chief
Secretary (Revenue).
“These measures will
help determine exactly whom the property belongs to,” said an IT department
source, adding that this could help cut down on disputes & prevent frauds.
“This will also help
the state government get data of the landless, quantum of landholding and
actual size of land holdings,” he said.
Linking UIDAI with
multiple databases such as property tax & land records will also eventually
help eliminate ghost beneficiaries and people who took undue benefits of
welfare schemes.
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