SVAMITVA Yojana (Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas)

✦Key Features

• Drones used to map abadi land; Survey of India implements; State Revenue Departments partner
• 6.82 crore property cards distributed (2025); 3.17 lakh villages surveyed
• Property card (Adhikar Patra) is legal proof of ownership; reduces disputes
• Enables bank loans against rural property — financial inclusion through land records
• Budget: ₹566 crore; target all 6.62 lakh villages
• Integration with PMGSY, JJM, PMAY-G for convergence planning
• e-Gram Swaraj portal updated with GIS land maps from SVAMITVA

✓Eligibility Criteria

• Residents of rural 'Abadi' (inhabited) areas who possess residential assets but lack legal ownership documents.
• Property owners in village settlements where the survey and mapping process has been officially notified by the State Government.
• Gram Panchayats acting as the primary administrative unit for coordinating the ground-level survey.
• State Revenue Departments and Land Records Departments responsible for formalizing property titles.

★Benefits

• Issuance of legal ownership rights through a 'Property Card' which provides recognition of rural residential assets.
• Enables rural property owners to use their houses as financial collateral for obtaining loans from formal banking institutions.
• Reduction in property-related disputes and legal conflicts through accurate, high-resolution digital maps.
• Creation of accurate land records for better village-level planning and effective collection of property taxes by Gram Panchayats.

▶Application Process

• The State Government issues a public notification and uses Drone technology for digital mapping of village property boundaries.
• Property owners identify and confirm their land boundaries during the field survey in the presence of revenue officials and the Gram Sabha.
• A draft 'Property Card' or 'Svamitva Card' is prepared and displayed publicly to invite objections or claims from the community.
• Final property cards are distributed to the legal owners after a designated grievance redressal period, following legal validation.

₹ Budget Allocation

566

Funding Ratio (Centre:State): 100% Central Sector Scheme

Historical Context

Launched on National Panchayati Raj Day (April 24, 2020) to fix the lack of ownership documentation in rural 'Abadi' areas which were historically never surveyed.