New Delhi Apr 24 PTI As the SVAMITVA Scheme aimed at establishing clear ownership of property in rural areas completed a year Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that leveraging the power of technology for peoples welfare is at the core of the Centres good governance efforts in villagesSVAMITVA a central sector scheme of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj was launched by Modi on National Panchayati Raj Day on April 24 2021 after the successful completion of the schemes pilot phase in nine statesAt the core of our good governance efforts in Indias villages is to leverage the power of technology for the welfare of people An example of this is the SVAMITVA scheme which has given great results Modi said in a tweetThe scheme is a reformative step towards the establishment of clear ownership of property in rural inhabited areas by mapping land parcels using drone technology and providing Record of Rights to village household owners with issuance of legal ownership cards PTI ASK ASK DIV DIV

Itanagar Dec 20 PTI Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu Monday termed deputy commissioners DC as drivers of districts under their jurisdiction who can lead them to prosperity or doomsday The fate of a district and its people depends on the ability and sincerity of its deputy commissioner the chief minister said while chairing the 10th e-Pragati review meeting with administrative heads of all the districts at Pasighat During e-Pragati meetings the chief minister interacts with government officials to review the progress of important central and state government projects being implemented in the districts The chief minister urged the DCs to conduct monthly e-Pragati review meetings at the district levels and work on the issues taken up at the state level e-Pragatis an official communiqu said here Taking into account your action-taken reports I have to present a cumulative action-taken report of the state in our bi-monthly review meetings taken by the Prime Minister he informed the deputy commissioners at the meeting held in East Siang district Khandu reminded the DCs of the Pakke Declaration aimed at climate-resilient development in the state The declaration envisages a multi-sectoral approach towards low emission and climate-resilient development through five broad themes or Panch Dharas environment forest and climate change health and well-being of all sustainable and adaptive living livelihoods and opportunities and evidence generation and collaborative action He said these rest on 75 strategies including protecting forest cover reducing health vulnerability due to climate change and extreme weather events developing master plans for all urban areas reflective of local climate change-induced risks adopting efficient irrigation measures and promoting entrepreneurship among others The chief minister also raised two important schemes launched by the Central government Svamitva and Svanidhi that need an urgent push by the state government While Svamitva scheme is a reformative step towards the establishment of clear ownership of property in rural inhabited areas by mapping of land parcels using drone technology and providing Record of Rights to village household owners Svanidhi aims to provide affordable working capital loan to street vendors to resume their livelihoods that have been adversely affected due to COVID-19 lockdowns Though in Arunachal Pradesh the process of providing land rights to the people is still in a nascent stage Khandu said that the state government expects its administrative officers along with elected representatives to come out with a solution to implement the benevolent scheme We all have to work together to implement these schemes and I have full confidence in our deputy commissioners Successful implementation of Svanidhi entirely depends upon you he added Khandu expressed hope that in the next e-Pragati meeting the deputy commissioners will be ready with their action-taken reports on all the issues raised and discussed in the meet PTI UPL MM MM