Revenue Department wins UN award - Bangalore, Saturday, June 24th, 2006
The Karnataka revenue department has been selected for the prestigious UN public service awards for good governance and innovative projects in rural and urban areas. The department is among 11 entities from as many countries chosen for this years awards. The awards were announced on the occasion of UN public service day, which was observed on Friday.
Right click to e-asy governance - It takes just two minutes - faster than cooking noodles to get land records in Karnataka. Land records that used to be manually maintained by 9000 village officials and took endless queues and unsavory demands at the sub-registrar's offices is now just a computer print out. That is the path breaking e-governance initiative, Bhoomi.
In the space of six years 40000000 farmers have right clicked to secure land records. They have collectively and ungrudgingly paid Rs. 61000000 /- for the service (45Rs = 1 USD), that has made life much easier for them. A stunning 2000000 land records have been computerised. This is implemented via 203 kiosks across the district.
Bhoomi's advantages are multiple. For farmers, against a delay of about 30 days, they get records in two minutes. To ensure that no one can manipulate records, there is biometric system. The farmer can himself keep track of his files through a touch screen based system. The land records are linked online to banks as well as courts of law.
Honours heaped
- The UN public service award for good governance
- Silver award in commonwealth innovation awards (2002)
- Finalist in Stockholm challenge award (2002)
- Laureate in tech museum awards (2002)
Bhoomi web page : http://www.bhoomi.kar.nic.in
Abrachan