Maharashtra Land Bank launched to streamline records; CM Fadnavis says it will speed up infrastructure development

Maharashtra Chief Minister CM Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said the states new Maharashtra Land Bank digital system will help speed up infrastructure development by making government land information easier to access and ensuring the availability of land for compensatory afforestationThe Maharashtra Land Bank is a unified digital dashboard that brings together information on land owned by various state government departments on a single platform news agency IANS reported The system was officially launched following Tuesdays Cabinet meetingAdditional Chief Secretary Revenue Vikas Kharge Additional Chief Secretary Forest Milind Mhaiskar and Settlement Commissioner Shailesh Naval gave a detailed presentation on the dashboard according to a government statementThe system is intended to simplify the process of identifying verifying and allocating government land for various requirements It brings land records from different departments and administrative levels onto a common digital platformThe system supports optimal land utilisation rapid departmentspecific land mapping reduced decisionmaking delays and enhanced administrative transparency Furthermore it enables comprehensive performance reviews via department district taluka and villagewise data aggregation and progress tracking Fadnavis saidMaharashtra Land Bank to create single repository of government land dataThe government said fragmented land records have previously made it difficult to obtain timely information on land availability its status and area existing use and violations of allocation conditionsAs an integrated digital framework for datadriven management of public land the initiative synthesises land records physical site inspections GIS analysis and MIS reporting to render state land governance efficient transparent and swift Previously fragmented land records across multiple administrative levels created hurdles in accessing timely information regarding land availability current status area usage and conditions of allocation violations The Maharashtra Land Bank integrated digital system was specifically engineered to resolve these bottlenecks by offering a single updated repository the statement saidThe system includes features such as record verification onsite inspection and validation an integrated data repository talukalevel access GISbased analytics and a digital land requisition processAccording to the government officials will be able to conduct preliminary checks of survey numbers total land area and classifications using ePherphat electronic mutation records and existing documentsThe system will also facilitate field inspections to verify the physical status of land identify unallocated areas and detect violations of allocation conditions Data from different sources will be consolidated into a secure central repositoryTehsildars to update land allocation status onlineThe Land Bank will provide dedicated portal logins to Tehsildars to update the allocation status of government land and Occupant ClassII Bhogwatdar Varg2 land as well as record violations of allocation conditionsThe locationaware mapping will be instrumental to conduct spatial analysis of available land parcels and pending allocation matters Endtoend online workflows for government departments will be helpful to submit requisitions register applications and undergo scrutiny verification and approval The portal also features realtime site inspection logging complete with GPS coordinates timestamps and date stamps the statement saidThe government said the system is expected to help departments identify suitable land faster improve monitoring and reduce delays in landrelated decisionmakingWith IANS inputs