Highlighting the existing issues related to land records in India, discuss how 'digitisation of land records and conclusive land titling' can help in addressing them.

Land records consist of various types of information (property maps, sale deeds) across various departments at village/district levels. Issues related to land records: i Warring in silos - Absence of cooperation & coordination between the departments. ii Absence of nation wide template - land records are fragmented across various units, it is cumbersome process to ensure all records iii Lack of single window verification - land records are verified by various records. iv Presumptive titling - ownership is decided on the basis of recent economic transactions

v Opacity in land leasing - current system doesn't allow tenants to access credit and prevents them from investing in land improvements. Role of land record digitisation to conclusive land titling: i Increasing transparency - land record digitisation and land titling will enable complete transparency and real time updates in land titles. ii Check benami transactions - By reducing benami transactions and ensuring regular updating. iii One stop solution - It will create a single window title verification and investigation system

iv Bringing uniformity - centre & state may collaborate to maintain land records in transparent manner v Clear ownership - under the land titling system, land records ascertain actual ownership vi Easy bank credit - clear documentation enables easy availability of credit The mammoth task of mapping and digitising 800 million parcels need further land centre-state coordination for effective & speedy delivery.