Samvaad Bhoomi Ka – Samvaad Desh Ka National Media Campaign should reach and empower every citizen of the country – Giriraj Singh
Union Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Shri Giriraj Singh launched the National Media Campaign of the Department of Land Resources (DoLR) here today in the presence of Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Minister of State Rural Development, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Shri Ajay Tirkey, Secretary, DoLR and other senior officers of the department. Shri Giriraj Singh informed that the National Media Campaign of DOLR has been launched to make common people aware of the new initiatives in Land Governance and Watershed Development Component (WDC) of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana (PMKSY). Shri Singh said that in the first stage of campaign launch, National Generic Document Registration System, WDC-PMKSY and Cactus Project have been included. Regarding the media plan for Land Regulation – NGDRS the Union Minister informed that under this component government of India launched the Digital India Land Records Modernization Program (DILRMP) in 2016 for providing 100% financial assistance to State Governments for computerization of Sub Registrar Offices (SROs) in the States. Under this National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS) one nation one software has been prepared with facility of state-specific customization. He informed that 94 percent computerisaton of Sub Registrar Offices has been achieved and 100 percent target will be met by March next year. Earlier, Registration of documents was manual but now the Registration is being done as e Registration. The minister said this has opened up the economy and facilitated capital formation in a big way. With introduction of this system there is saving in time and money in the process of registration making entire process simple and transparent. Regarding the WDC-PMKSY program, the Minister highlighted that DoLR has implemented the watershed programme since 2019 which was merged with PMKSY scheme in 2015-16. The activities undertaken, inter alia, include ridge area treatment, drainage line treatment, soil and moisture conservation, rainwater harvesting, nursery raising, afforestation, horticulture, pasture development, livelihoods for assetless persons, etc. The Department is implementing Watershed component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (WDC-PMKSY) for development of rainfed and degraded areas. Approximately, 29 million hectares of degraded land have been covered under Watershed projects out of 97 million hectares, which is probably the biggest campaign globally. It was informed that through the media campaign, DOLR will intensify the awareness generation of the watershed development activities of the department to enhance the people’s participation.