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Land is a primary economic and physical asset in any society. Due
to the primacy of land in all our productive pursuits, smooth functioning
of any economic system requires accurate and efficient maintenance
of land ownership records. Major problems currently associated with
property/land transactions are forgery of land ownership documents,
as well as prevalence of benami land transactions. These maladies have
their origins in sub-optimal accuracy and/or clarity in property titles. It
is of great importance to put in place mechanisms and procedures that
allow prompt and foolproof verification of land title at the time of
undertaking any property transaction. Ability of a land management
and registration system to authenticate land/property titles at the
time of any transactions can eliminate fraudulent land deals and also
remove the nagging feeling of insecurity while buying, or leasing, a
property. Clean land transactions based on factual titular information
also can reduce large number of legal disputes pertaining to ownership
of land/property that clog our judicial system.
Bhuseva an initiative of the Andhra Pradesh Revenue Department is
an innovative step that seeks to redress this legacy problem. A part of
e-Pragati Programme of Andhra Pradesh, the benefits of BhuSeva in
administration of land records can be well equated with benefits of
Aadhar in ascertaining the identity of individuals.
At the heart of this initiative is the exercise to allot a specific 11 digit
unique identity i.e. Bhudhaar ID to each land holding and urban/ rural
property. Allotment of Bhudhaar ID is a two step process. In the
first step a temporary Bhudhaar ID is generated based on the textual
data of the land holding/ urban/ rural property. In the next step, a
permanent Bhudhaar is assigned when the land parcel/urban/rural
property is geo-referenced on all its corners and bends. The permanent
Bhudhaar is based on both textual data and spatial data (indicated by
geo-reference points).
Bhudhaar allotment process is quite straightforward. Once a ctiizen
files an application for ‘Allotment of Bhudhaar’ for his land parcel
– the concerned land dealing department will geo reference the land
parcel and will allocate Bhudhaar. Every Bhudhaar ID is necessarily
& mandatorily linked to the Aadhar ID of the owner. If there is any
transaction regarding the land parcel after allotment of a Bhudhaar
ID, (change of ownership, land-use, sub division etc.) the previous
Bhudhaar is discarded and a new Bhudhaar is allocated and integrated
with the new owner’s Aadhar details.
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Objectives
• To provide unique numbers to all
land parcels in A.P.
• To provide hassle free integrated
services to public using Land Hub as landowner by using a specially developed mobile application
a common platform.
• To provide single source of truth
data to public with regard to
information on Land Parcels.
One the process of allotting Bhudhaar ID is over as
explained above, a Bhudhaar Card can be generated by the
owner of the land parcel/urban property/rural property
from the dedicated website for the purpose i.e. https://
bhuseva.ap.gov.in/. It may be downloaded either directly
from BhuSeva web portal or into the mobile of the
that can be installed onto the mobile from the above portal.
Citizens can file applications with regard to services offered commit a dishonest land transactions. API- Application
by ‘BhuSeva’ project either by accessing ‘Mee Seva’ kiosks,
or can apply on their own through ‘BhuSeva’ portal.
KEY FEATURES
By removing all ambiguity around land
titles Bhudhaar has delivered many
advantages and benefits. These are briefly
described as under:
• Seamless integration of Government
Departments that interface with
issues of land ownership.
• BhuSeva integrates following
Government departments that deal
with various dimensions of land
ownership:
» Revenue Department.
» Registration Department.
» Survey, Settlement & Land
Records.
» Municipal Administration and
Urban Development.
» Panchayati Raj and Rural
Development.
» Forest Department.
Due to necessity of Bhudhaar ID in all
land transactions, any transaction done
by anyone in respect of the land under
any department (sale, gift, mutation,
acquisition, conversion of land use etc.) by
way of registration or mutations reflects on
BhuSeva portal on real time basis.
eKYB (e-KNOW YOUR BHUDHAAR)
e-KYB is the process of identifying the land parcel by
Bhudhaar and authenticating the owner with notified
types of IDs. With availability of Bhudhaar ID of a land
parcel, most land transactions (Mutations, Registrations,
Pledging a Collateral) do not require any other supporting
documents. This reduces clerical workload and also the
chance of any of the documents being tampered with to
Programmeing Interface based Bhudhaar Card with
QR code ensures secure, undisputed and assured digital
data thereby paving way for paperless transactions and
preventing frauds.
FROM ELECTRONIC TO DIGITAL
The textual and spatial data regarding land/properties that
was earlier in electronic form, as in Meebhumi portal of
the Revenue Department, has now been converted into
digital format through BhuSeva portal. Earlier there was
no real integration among record of rights, spatial data
and registered transactions, even though these are all inter-
dependent. BhuSeva removes this lacunae by migrating
core data of every land parcel onto a single platform and
maintaining it on real time basis.
RELIABILITY AND ACCURACY
Accurate location and area of parcel through geo-
referencing replaces the traditional stone survey framework
with digital survey framework making the borders of land
parcels dispute-free. It also updates data on sub-division of
land holdings.
OUTCOMES
• Assignment of Bhudhaar to agriculture land parcels,
urban & rural properties is now in an advanced stage:
• In Agricultural Land Parcels - 2.00 cr out of 2.39 cr
(83%)
• Urban houses/vacant sites - 0.05 cr out of 0.32 cr (14%)
• Rural houses/vacant sites - 0.53 cr out of 0.84 cr (63%)
• Total - 2.58 cr out of 3.55 cr (73%)