SVAMITVA SCHEME

• SVAMITVA = Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas — Central Sector Scheme to give legal ownership ("Record of Rights") of rural inhabited (abadi) land via drone surveys and issue Property Cards.
• Implementing nodal ministry: Ministry of Panchayati Raj; technology partners: Survey of India (SoI) and NICSI.
• Aspirant relevance: flagship rural land-tenure reform; intersects GS-II (governance, Panchayati Raj), GS-III (technology, rural economy) and current-affairs (drone tech / monetization of dead capital).