SRINAGAR, JULY 29: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today convened a meeting to take stock of the progress achieved by the districts under the SVAMITVA Scheme, Digital Crop Survey, onboarding of land records onto the AgriStack platform, besides assessing the status of integration of these records with the Unified Lending Interface (ULI) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for seamless delivery of institutional credit to farmers.
The meeting was attended by ACS, Finance; Secretary, Revenue; Divisional Commissioners, MD, HADP; MD, ABDM; senior officers of the Revenue Department; Deputy Commissioners of all the districts; representatives of the concerned departments and banks, besides the designated district mentors.
Emphasising the importance of these flagship digital governance initiatives, the Chief Secretary directed all the Deputy Commissioners to accord the highest priority to completion of both the SVAMITVA Scheme and AgriStack within the prescribed timelines without any further delay.
He observed that these programmes have immense transformative potential and would revolutionise the agriculture sector by creating a robust digital ecosystem for land governance and farmer-centric service delivery.
Highlighting the long-term benefits of the initiatives, Dulloo remarked that once the digitisation process is completed and integrated with the AgriStack ecosystem, most of the issues faced by farmers in establishing land ownership and cultivation credentials would automatically stand resolved.
To ensure close monitoring of the implementation, the ChiefSecretary designated a NodalOfficer to review the progress achieved by each district on daily basis and submit consolidated reports to his office.He impressed upon the Deputy Commissioners to personally supervise the execution of these programmes and remove any bottlenecks affecting their progress.
The Chief Secretary also called upon the banks to expedite integration of the Revenue Department Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) with the ULI platform to facilitate seamless digital verification of land records. He said that such integration would significantly simplify agricultural lending, reduce turnaround time for loan processing and promote greater financial inclusion among the farming community.
Reviewing preparations for the forthcoming Digital Crop Survey (Kharif-2026), the Chief Secretary directed that Surveyors and Supervisors should be identified by the first week of August to facilitate timely training before commencement of the survey in September.
He instructed the Revenue Department to prepare an illustrative list of eligible personnel, including those from Common Service Centres (CSCs) Village Level Entrepreneurs, Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS), Krishi Udyamis, Banking Correspondents and field staff from the Agriculture Production Department, Planning Department, Rural Development Department and other line departments for effective conduct of the survey within the stipulated timeframe.
Seeking district-wise feedback, Dulloo enquired from the Deputy Commissioners about the present status of implementation of all the ongoing programmes and directed them to ensure meticulous verification of records by the district mentors and Revenue officers so that the digitized database remains accurate and error-free. He also reviewed the field-level observations of the designated district mentors and instructed them to submit detailed reports after every field visit for effective monitoring and timely corrective action.
Earlier, Commissioner Secretary, Revenue, Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, presented a comprehensive overview of the progress made under the various digital land governance initiatives across the Union Territory.
He informed that under the SVAMITVA Scheme, drone surveys have been successfully completed in all 4,400 villages across the Union Territory. Subsequent stages of map validation and inquiry are progressing steadily, while final data required for generation of Property Cards has been received from 1,975 villages. Consequently, 67,560 Property Cards have already been distributed across 1,781 villages. The districts have been advised to expedite the remaining activities to achieve saturation under the Scheme.
Regarding the digitisation of land records, the meeting was informed that the transformation of legacy land records, including Record of Rights (RoRs), Jamabandis and mutation records, into authenticated digital formats is progressing across all districts. The exercise aims to establish a standardised and interoperable digital land records database, laying the foundation for seamless integration with the AgriStack platform and improving delivery of land-related services.
On AgriStack, it was divulged that substantial progress has been achieved in onboarding digitised land records onto the Farmer Registry. Simultaneously, preparations for the Digital Crop Survey (Kharif-2026) are being finalised to cover 5,383 villages and approximately 33.90 lakh agricultural plots across the districts of J&K.
Regarding the Unified Lending Interface (ULI) of the RBI, it was informed that digitised land records, Farmer Registry and Digital Crop Survey datasets are being integrated with the AgriStack ecosystem to facilitate authenticated digital verification of land ownership and cultivation details by lending institutions. The initiative is expected to enable faster processing of agricultural loans and significantly enhance farmers’ access to institutional credit across the Union Territory.
