DISTRIBUTION OF SVAMITVA PROPERTY CARDS

• SVAMITVA = Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas — a Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) providing rural household-owners in the Abadi (inhabited) area a legal 'Record of Rights' via drone-based mapping.
• Aims to give villagers a tradeable, bankable property document — converting "dead capital" into a financial asset — and to reduce land disputes, enable Gram Panchayat revenue collection and GIS-based village planning.
• Examinable for governance (federal split with States/UTs), tech-in-governance (Survey of India drones, CORS network) and rural economy themes.