PM Narendra Modi distributes 65 lakh Svamitva property cards

Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Saturday distributed astir 65 lakh Svamitva spot cards, and said it volition bolster economical activities and assistance successful poorness alleviation.

He besides interacted with immoderate beneficiaries done video conferencing, and said the strategy volition assistance radical successful getting loans and benefits of authorities schemes.

These spot cards are being distributed to beneficiaries crossed much than 50,000 villages successful 10 states -- Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and 2 Union Territories disconnected Jammu & Kashmir, and Ladakh.

"Around 2.24 crore beneficiaries successful villages volition present person Svamitva spot cards aft 65 lakh cards are distributed today," the premier curate said.

"Property rights is simply a large situation crossed the world. Years ago, the United Nations had held a study, which revealed radical did not person ineligible documents for spot rights successful respective countries. The UN has said spot rights are important for poorness alleviation," helium said.

The premier curate said an eminent economist had opined that spot successful villages is simply a "dead capital" due to the fact that radical cannot bash thing with it, and it can't assistance summation their income.

"India was besides impacted by this challenge. People successful villages person spot worthy lakhs of crores, but they did not person papers for it. There were disputes, properties were snatched, and adjacent banks did not supply loans implicit it," helium said.

"Previous governments should person taken steps to bash thing astir it but thing overmuch was done," helium said.

Modi said Dalits, backward classes and tribals were the worst affected by this.

"After getting ineligible spot rights, lakhs of radical person taken loan. They person utilized this wealth to commencement their businesses. Many of these are farmers, for whom this spot cards is simply a warrant to fiscal security," helium said.

He besides said Svamitva and Bhu-Adhaar volition go the instauration of improvement of villages.

Union Minister of Panchayati Raj Rajiv Ranjan Singh 'Lalan', Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj S P Singh Baghel and Ministry of Panchayati Raj Secretary Vivek Bharadwaj were besides contiguous astatine the event.

It was attended virtually by respective main ministers, Union ministers and authorities ministers.

Events are besides being organised successful implicit 230 districts for carnal organisation of spot cards. It is expected that astir 13 Union ministers volition physically articulation from designated locations from crossed the country, to oversee determination organisation ceremonies of spot cards.