Around 2.5 cr to get Gharauni certificates by Oct 2023: Yogi

Lucknow, June 25 (Dumanimail) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said around 2.5 crore people residing in villages of Uttar Pradesh will get Gharauni (land ownership certificate) certificates by October 2023.

Addressing a programme organised to distribute Gharauni certificates to 11 lakh villagers, CM Yogi said while 34 lakh people have already benefited from the scheme, a survey of lands by drones in 1,10,300 revenue villages of the state would be completed by August this year expediting distribution of certificates to more people.

The CM said 100 per cent of the population of Jalaun district has got Gharauni certificates. Expressing his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for launching the Rural Residential Records scheme across the country in April 2020, Yogi said the scheme would help strengthen the rural economy and encourage villagers to become self-reliant in the long run.

Yogi said, “Mahatma Gandhi dreamt of Gram Swaraj while PM Modi’s vision is to make the country self-reliant. The Gharauni scheme will help realise these larger goals.”

The CM said it will also help curb land encroachments, pointing out that the UP Government has so far freed 64,000 hectares of land illegally occupied by mafia and criminals since the launch of the scheme with the help of the Land Mafia Task Force. The task force was formed at tehsil, district, commissionerate and state levels.

He also stressed the importance of digitalising land records in speedy disposal of pending land dispute cases and increasing state’s revenue.

Yogi said earlier deprived communities such as Bantangia, Mushar and Saharia were targeted by the land mafia and criminals had political patronage to capture their lands.

Expressing concern over a long list of pending land dispute cases in courts, CM Yogi said the scheme would set the records straight leaving little room for disputes.

Yogi said the Gharauni certificates will also enable villagers to get loans more easily as well as establish and expand their businesses, describing it as a landmark step in the history of Indian democracy.

Importantly, the Gharauni Scheme seeks to facilitate transfer of ancestral lands and properties to their rightful owners.