More than 19 lakh rural families in Rajasthan have received official property documents under the Centre’s Swamitva scheme, as the state moves to complete drone mapping, ground verification and distribution across its inhabited villages.
According to officials, 19.09 lakh Swamitva Cards have been distributed so far. Drone surveys have been completed in 36,054 of Rajasthan’s 36,277 notified inhabited villages, covering 99.4% of the total. The remaining work includes ground verification, property mapping and the delivery of cards to eligible households.
Chief Secretary V Srinivas reviewed the scheme’s progress at a meeting at the state Secretariat on Saturday and directed district administrations to complete pending activities within a stipulated timeframe. District collectors have also been asked to upload their respective progress reports on the PRAGATI portal ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s PRAGATI review meeting scheduled for November 25.
Officials said ground verification has been completed in 27,705 villages. The process is intended to establish the actual properties and their boundaries before official ownership records are distributed. In some villages, drone surveys have had to be conducted again to map buildings properly.
During the meeting, Joga Ram, secretary and commissioner of the Panchayati Raj department, said property cards for another 14.25 lakh properties prepared after rural surveys would be distributed soon. The state administration has asked officials to complete the remaining verification and distribution work within the prescribed timeline.
The Swamitva exercise is designed to provide rural households with legally recognised records of properties located in village areas. Officials said clearly demarcated boundaries and official records could help reduce land and property-related disputes while improving transparency in village-level property administration.
Srinivas also said the documents could enable rural families to seek bank loans against their properties and support economic activities. The potential for formal credit access depends on the acceptance and use of the property records by relevant institutions, while the immediate administrative task remains the completion of verification and card distribution.
The review covered the status of drone mapping, ground verification and the distribution of property cards across districts. District administrations are now expected to finish pending surveys, repeat mapping where required and submit updated progress reports through the PRAGATI portal before the scheduled review.
