Military land register software released
The MLR is a step further towards digitizing Defence Land Records for all defence lands located outside notified cantonments. Speaking on the occasion Shri Pallam Raju called upon the Defence Estate officials to use the MLR for effective land management and safeguard the most important assets of the Defence Ministry, viz the land. The Minister pointed out that with the fast paced economy, the pressure on land has multiplied and it is now a precious commodity which requires judicious exploitation.
In his address, the Director General of Defence Estates (DGDE), Shri C R Mohapatra pointed out that the task before Defence Estate was voluminous since the Defence Ministry is the biggest landholder in the Central Government. He said the Defence Estates officials are being trained in the new software at the National Institute of Defence Estates Management (NIDEM). Shri Mohapatra said that the digitization project has been delayed by over three months and is expected to be completed by March next year. He said that the Defence Estate is flooded with litigations over lands held by it across the country.
The MLR, jointly developed by DGDE and National Informatics Centre (NIC), is in addition to the General Land Register (GLR) or the Raksha Bhoomi software, which maintains the entire land record for Defence Lands located within the notified cantonments. The GLR, released by Shri Pallam Raju in November, 2006, is in various stages of implementation in all 62 cantonments spread across the country.
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