National Council of Applied Economic Research
The National Land Records Modernisation Programme (NLRMP) was launched in 2008 as a centrally sponsored scheme, relaunched as the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme in 2016 with 100% centrally funded scheme. The scheme, now extended till 2025-26, aims to develop a modern, comprehensive and transparent land record management system with the integration of all relevant data bases. Since huge amount have been invested, it become important to anlayse how well the digitized land records reflect the ground realities and what kind of challenges land owners are facing in accessing the digitised copies of their land records. In this context, NCAER has been entrusted this study, with support from DoLR, Ministry of Rural Development, GOI.
The scope of the study includes: a) identifying the gaps in terms of progress of digitization of textual/ spatial records, registration process and integration between these components and gaps in systems talking to each other; identifying the extent to which RORs and Maps are being updated; identifying the status of mutation / subdivisions; and understanding the status of process of rectification in digitized records. The study includes survey of land owners in 4 States and UTs in India i.e. Chandigarh, Delhi, Punjab and Rajasthan. Additionally, responses were taken from patwaris and the revenue departments officials of the respective States/ UTs. The findings are expected to help in nuancing the policies and implementation processes that could help in addressing the challenges and gaps towards achieving the desired outcomes of the programme by 2025-26.
Bornali Bhandari is a Professor at NCAER with a background in international economics and macroeconomics, specifically focusing on the impact of globalisation on development. Currently, she is engaged in a number of industry studies including automobiles, farm mechanisation, and digitisation. Her wider research interests include analysis of skilling from a 3-E perspective (education, employability and... Read More
Charu Jain is a Fellow at NCAER. Her areas of research interest includes education, gender, and socio-developmental changes. She has worked in the area of land & policy related issues, agriculture, steel, handloom sector, large-scale consumer studies, industrial surveys, housing indices, and macro-economic policy issues. Dr Jain has few national and international publications to her credit.... Read More
Gurucharan Manna is a Senior Adviser at NCAER. He was the Director General of the Central Statistical Office (CSO) and National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) in the Government of India. Dr Manna has nearly 40 years of specialized experience in sample design, estimation procedures for household and establishment surveys, and the design of survey questionnaires... Read More
Nishika Pal is working as a Research Analyst at NCAER. She qualified for the UGC NET examination in Economics in 2019. She has an MSc in Financial Economics from the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, and a BA (Honours) in Economics from Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi. She contributed in index computation... Read More
Somdev Singh Deora is a Research Associate at NCAER. He holds an MA in Economics (with a specialization in economic development) from South Asian University, Delhi (an international university under the ambit of SAARC). He received his Bachelor's degree in Economics, Political science, and Sociology from Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru. His interests lie in... Read More
Abhishek Jindal is a Research Associate at NCAER. He holds a Master’s degree in Agribusiness Economics from Gokhale Institute of politics and economics, Bachelor’s degree in Accounting & Finance from Commerce College, University of Rajasthan. Along with this he has qualified CFA Level 1. Before joining NCAER, he has done internships at NIPFP and ICRIER. Currently,... Read More
K. Subbaraje Urs is an Associate Fellow at NCAER, with more than 34 years of experience in applied economic research, socio-economic and industrial research. His core areas of research are large-scale surveys, particularly in developing the survey instrument, calculating the sample size, and identifying gaps in primary and secondary data. He has worked on both... Read More
Poonam Dhawan is working as a Research Team Assistant at NCAER.
