Niti Aayog adopts UP's 'digital land' model for pan-India replication

Centre sets up technical steering paneleto study model, prepare by-laws; UP's system speeds up process of land sorting and analysis and supports faster resolution of land disputes and court cases

Federal think-tank Niti Aayog is considering recommending Uttar Pradesh's ‘digital land’ model to other states for digital record keeping and analysis.

Under the innovative model, the UP Revenue Board has allocated a unique code to each plot/land in all the 100,000-plus revenue villages in the state. These unique codes, akin to the Aadhaar number allocated to an individual, not only speed up the process of land sorting and analysis, but also support faster resolution of land disputes and court cases.

In fact, the department of land resources under the union ministry of rural development has already constituted a technical steering group to