Ministry of Panchayati Raj
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DISTRIBUTION OF SVAMITVA PROPERTY CARDS

Posted On: 25 MAR 2026 1:58PM by PIB Delhi

Under the SVAMITVA Scheme, as on 19thMarch 2026, drone survey has been completed in 3.29 lakh villages out of targeted 3.44 lakh villages. 3.10 crore property cards have been prepared for 1.87 lakh villages and 2.65 crore property cards have been distributed. The State/UT-wise details of Property Cards prepared and distributed and are at Annexure-I.

As on 19 March 2026, drone survey has been completed in 3.29 lakh villages out of targeted 3.44 lakh villages. Ministry of Panchayati Raj provides funds to Survey of India for drone survey and Map preparation. Subsequent activities such as ground truthing, preparation and distribution of property cards are undertaken by States/UTs. Distribution of Property Cards is also done at the Central and State level, with the consent of the States/UTs. Ministry of Panchayati Raj is continuously engaging with States/UTs and Survey of India for regular monitoring of the progress and timely completion of the Scheme.

The main objective of the SVAMITVA Scheme is to provide Record of Rights to property owners in rural inhabited areas. Under the Scheme, rural inhabited land is demarcated using ‘drone survey’ and ‘Continuously Operating Reference Stations’ (CORS) technology to create high accuracy maps of abadi areas of villages. These highly accurate maps help reduce property-related disputes by clearly demarcating property boundaries and creating Record of Rights. Furthermore, transparent process of ground verification and dispute resolution ensures that ownership records are finalized fairly and accurately.

The scheme is implemented in a completely scientific manner, in which property cards are issued with the consent of both the parties, hence the possibility of dispute is negligible. The various success stories received from the States/UTs indicate that the SVAMITVA Property Card has helped to reduce the property-related disputes. For example, a household owner from a village in Samba district, Jammu & Kashmir, has conveyed that with the help of the SVAMITVA Scheme they were finally able to resolve a property dispute that had troubled their family for years. The clear and transparent mapping process ensured a fair division of the land, and with the official property card they now have legal ownership of their share. This has fostered peace and harmony within the families and society. Based on SVAMITVA property cards loans can also be availed from banks.

Ministry of Panchayati Raj does not maintain gender-wise record of number of beneficiaries, but states have the right to issue property cards giving co-ownership rights to women. Accordingly, some states have also provisioned for co-ownership of women in property cards such as Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, J&K, Puducherry, Daman & Diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli.

Annexure-I

S.
No.

States/Uts

Notified Villages

Drone Flying Completed Villages

Number of villages for which property card prepared

Number of property cards prepared

Number of property cards distributed

1

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

186

186

141

7409

7409

2

Andhra Pradesh

13321

13321

1067

530351

0

3

Arunachal Pradesh

3647

3647

0

0

0

4

Assam

946

946

0

0

0

5

Chhattisgarh

15791

15791

2557

196757

92545

6

Dadra Nagar Haveli & Daman Diu

80

80

75

4397

4397

7

Delhi

31

31

0

0

0

8

Goa

410

410

410

672646

672646

9

Gujarat

15025

14900

10122

1658089

1232223

10

Haryana

6260

6260

6260

2515646

2515646

11

Himachal Pradesh

15196

14108

364

5419

5395

12

Jammu and Kashmir

4429

4402

1294

43910

39418

13

Jharkhand

757

240

0

0

0

14

Karnataka

30715

26039

5032

1054754

336779

15

Kerala

597

597

0

0

0

16

Ladakh

232

232

225

18788

15623

17

Lakshadweep Islands

10

10

10

13563

13563

18

Madhya Pradesh

43014

43014

39813

6576707

5418319

19

Maharashtra

37819

37612

22609

3785481

3785481

20

Manipur

2555

207

0

0

0

21

Mizoram

568

568

30

4041

1,155

22

Odisha

2724

2724

43

1716

1,716

23

Puducherry

96

96

92

2801

2,801

24

Punjab

12083

10283

386

53591

4581

25

Rajasthan

36,300

35929

15163

1443423

1443423

26

Sikkim

1

1

0

0

0

27

Tamil Nadu

3

3

0

0

0

28

Telangana

5

5

0

0

0

29

Tripura

898

19

893

571783

571783

30

Uttar Pradesh

90573

90573

73713

11582743

10131232

31

Uttarakhand

7441

7441

7441

278229

278,229

 

Total

3,44,001

3,29,675

1,87,665

3,10,10,249

2,65,70,115

 

This information was given by Union Minister Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on 25th March 2026.

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