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The Indian government is advancing its urban land mapping capabilities through the innovative NAKSHA programme. Launching its second training batch, the initiative will equip 128 municipal officers with cutting-edge geospatial surveying skills across four national training centers. With India's urban population projected to reach 600 million by 2031, this technology-driven approach aims to create more accurate and accessible land records. The programme represents a significant step in modernizing urban infrastructure and land management strategies.

Key Points: NAKSHA Scheme Geospatial Training Launches Nationwide Urban Survey

  • Training begins at four Centres of Excellence across India
  • 128 urban officers to learn geospatial technologies
  • Aims to support India's urban land mapping needs
  • Pilot program covers 157 Urban Local Bodies
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Training for next batch under NAKSHA scheme to kick off on Monday

Government launches second phase of NAKSHA capacity-building program to train 128 urban officers in modern land surveying technologies

"Modern, verifiable, and easily accessible land records have become more urgent than ever. - Department of Land Resources"

New Delhi, June 15

The Department of Land Resources of the Ministry of Rural Development is going to start the second batch of phase 2 of the capacity-building programme under the NAKSHA (National geospatial Knowledge-based land Survey of urban Habitations) programme from Monday across four Centres of Excellence in the country, according to an official statement issued on Sunday.

The phase 1 and phase 2 of the first batch of the NAKSHA capacity building programme have successfully trained 160 Master Trainers in May this year at NIGST, Hyderabad and 151 ULB officers at five Centres of Excellence (CoEs) in June.

This batch of the training programme will be inaugurated virtually by Manoj Joshi, Secretary, Department of Land Resources. Under this training programme, 128 ULB-level and district officers have been nominated from around 74 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). These officers will undergo one week of hands-on training in leveraging modern geospatial technologies for effective urban property surveys at four CoEs.

The Centres include the Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration in Pune, the Northeast Region Centre of Excellence in Guwahati, the Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration (MGSIPA) in Chandigarh, and the Administrative Training Institute, Mysuru, the statement said.

The training aims to equip ULB officers and field staff with the technical and practical skills required to oversee high-accuracy urban land surveys under the NAKSHA programme. The training modules cover the programme framework, GNSS and ETS-based surveying, Web-GIS application, land parcel mapping, and the legal-administrative aspects of land surveys.

With India's urban population expected to exceed 600 million by 2031, the need for modern, verifiable, and easily accessible land records has become more urgent than ever. The NAKSHA programme addresses this challenge with a bold, technology-driven approach. NAKSHA programme is being implemented by the Department of Land Resources in association with the Survey of India, NICSI, MPSeDC, and five Centres of Excellence, as a pilot programme. NAKSHA has been launched across 157 Urban Local Bodies in 27 States and 3 Union Territories, the statement added.

- IANS

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Rajesh K.
This is a much-needed initiative! Our urban land records are in such a mess. Hope they implement this properly across all cities. The Northeast inclusion is good to see - often such programs ignore that region. 👍
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Priya M.
Training only 128 officers for 74 ULBs seems inadequate. With our urban population growing so fast, we need to scale up much faster. The tech sounds impressive but implementation will be key.
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Amit S.
Good to see Chandigarh and Mysuru centers included. These smaller cities often have worse land record problems than metros. Hope they focus on practical ground realities, not just technical training.
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Sunita R.
As someone who works in urban planning, this is exactly what we need! Digital land records will reduce so many court cases and disputes. Just hope the training includes local language interfaces for field staff.
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Vikram J.
The tech sounds great but what about the corruption angle? Unless they train officers in ethics too, all this fancy equipment won't help. Need accountability measures built into the system.
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Neha P.
Finally some focus on urban land records! My property dispute has been going on for 7 years because of unclear records. Hope this program reaches my city soon 🤞

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