The National Geospatial Knowledge-based Land Survey of Urban Habitations (NAKSHA) begins in 152 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) across 26 States and 3 Union Territories (UTs) at Raisen, Madhya Pradesh.

The NAKSHA program aims to create and update land records in urban areas to ensure accurate and reliable documentation of land ownership. This initiative will empower citizens, improve ease of living, enhance urban planning, and reduce land-related disputes. 

Once the land ownership is generated, land owners will be beneficiaries of the financial system including Banks.

The Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, has initiated this pilot program. Led by Union Minister of Rural Development and Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, NAKSHA was launched today (Tuesday). 

Union Minister of State for Rural Development & Communications, Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Dr Mohan Yadav, Revenue Minister, Madhya Pradesh, Shri Karan Singh Verma, Minister for Panchayati Raj and Rural Development, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel, Shri Narayan Singh Pawar, State Minister (Independent Charge) for Fisheries and Fishermen welfare and Minister In-charge, District Raisen, Madhya Pradesh, MLA, Sanchi, Shri Prabhu Ram Chaudhary, Secretary,  Department of Land Resources, Government of India, Shri Manoj Joshi and other officers from Government of India and Madhya Pradesh State Government were present on this occasion.

The event was marked by flying of drones, launch of Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) booklet, Video and flyer on  NAKSHA Programme, flagging of WDC Yatra, screening of WDC video and playing of Watershed Anthem.

The IT-based system for property record administration will foster transparency, efficiency and support sustainable development.

The Survey of India is the technical partner for NAKSHA programme which is responsible for conducting aerial surveys and providing orthorectified imagery, through third party vendors, to state and Union Territory governments. 

The end-to-end web-GIS platform will be developed by the Madhya Pradesh State Electronic Development Corporation (MPSEDC) and storage facilities will be provided by the National Informatics Centre Services Inc. (NICSI). States and Union Territory governments are scheduled to conduct field surveys and ground truthing using the orthorectified imagery, ultimately leading to the final publication of urban and semi-urban land records.

The NAKSHA pilot program is expected to cost approximately ₹194 crore, fully funded by the Government of India.