Information Age Government: Success Stories of Online Land Records &

["Irfan Khan" <khania2@super.net.pk>]

[source: SDNP's Networking and Information Technology 
Observatory http://www.sdnp.undp.org/observatory/ ]


Information Age Government: Success Stories of Online Land Records & 
Revenue Governance from India 

The manual systems of maintaining land records in India are as 
diverse as the country itself. The traditional methods have been 
changing over the years in each state according to local practices 
and traditions. The procedure for recording transfer and ownership of 
lands, shares and inheritance is generally based on a particular 
Identity number for each plot of land. Revenue assessment and 
agricultural yield related data are also recorded against that 
specific identification number. Village revenue officers are 
entrusted with the maintenance of these records and updating these 
records every harvesting season and on transfer of ownership. 
However, such records are not updated for years. (Source: United 
Nations Economic Commission for Africa)

read executive summary at  
www.uneca.org/codi/Documents/PDF/Information%20Age%20Government.pdf