Tepekrovi Kiso
The Department of Land Records & Survey profile the survey and mapping for a vital developmental activities. In brief, the most advantage is for Land Administrations, Planners and Land users in general.
Survey is one of the most significant for the standardization of any country for the Record of places and/ or events. A record normally does in a conventional symbol or numbers of letters in the form of drawings.
The Land Record & Survey profile the objective is to create Public awareness and adequacy for levying of Land Taxes or Land Revenue. It is effective for Land Administration, Planners and Land users.
Mapping
Map is the method of recording of the large earth and brings out natural relationship between different elements existing on the surface of the earth. It is a symbology to depict various features resulting in the ideas of making a map and the symbol as a mean of _expression “The Art, Science and Technology of making maps together their study as scientific documents and work of Art may be regarded as including all types of Maps, Plans, Charts and Sections, three dimensional models and globes representing earth or celestial body at any scale”.
Importance of Land Survey and Records
Humanly, jealousy and greed for ownership is in nature. With the population explosion, unplanned exploitation of Land Resource preservation of Ecosystem and enhancement of the per capita income, the Land Survey and Records is the most essential technique to check and promote.
Land Records System maintains the effective implementation of any Land Reforms Policy, Land Administration and Management to secure.
a) Ensure protection of Legal Ownership.
b) Provide a base for Development Project Planning.
c) Assist smooth and timely collection of Land Revenue and Land Administration.
d) Help Land Reforms Implementation.
Special Importance of Land Survey and Land Records System in Nagaland
In Article 371(a) of the Indian Constitution a special provision to the State of Nagaland.
No Act of Parliament in respect ownership and transfer of land and its resource shall apply to state of Nagaland unless the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland by a resolution so0 decides. As the government is not the ownership to acquire the Land compensation or through donation received from villagers for specific purpose of common interest.
The Directorate of Land Records and survey has been initiated a Programme to educate the people with the importance and necessity of Surveying and construction of Land Records.
Land Survey is the only way to succeed of any Plan or Scheme like Agriculture, Hydropower, Industry, Roads, Building, etc.
Land a basic resource
The common problems like competing demand between Land use and Environment misused of Land conflicts between Private Rights and Public Interest have been necessitated better Planning and sound Management for details source of information.
The statistical figures of Nagaland like the per capita availability of Land which was 7.78 Hectares (19.22 Acres) in 1951 had been declined to 1.36 Hectares (0.86 Acres) in 1991. The ratio of persons per square kilometer was 13 in 1951 and now became 73 persons per square kilometre. In 1961 the urban population of Nagaland was 0.19 lakhs and in 1991 was 2.10 lakhs, showing an increase from 5.14 to 17.28 % of total population.
In the modernisation and to tackle the alarming trend of land in the state, the Department has to keep Land Records and Land Survey for the significant use of the information on a day to day basis. The Policy Makers, Planners, Land Administration and individual citizens all have a need for correct information about the land in an accurate knowledge and accurate description of land in purview of national use ands conservation. The Systematic Record of Rights in it has great importance for Public Administration, Land Planning, Land Development and Private transaction in land.
Land Survey (Information) System
Information on a Land Survey is Raw Data for the collection of facts, Data relating to land for to be acquired in various forms such as Graphical, Digital etc.
The Land Management by providing information about the Land, the Resources upon it and improvement made on it. The usefulness of such system will depend upon its updated ness, accuracy, completeness and accessibility and also upon the extend to which the system is designed for the benefit of the users rather than for the producers of the Information.
Benefits:
The benefits of this System on Land Information Collection are summarized below:
i) Certainty of Ownership: The compilation of land Records necessitates the formal identification and recognition of the Ownership of the Land, a process known as Adjudication.
ii) Security to tenure: Through the adjudication process, existing defect in any title to land can be corrected by the judicious use of Appropriate Power.
iii) Reduction in Land dispute: Land dispute settlement should be part of the process of Adjudication and will not only lead greater productivity from land but also reduce court costs and money waste on Litigation.
iv) Improve convincing: The cost and delays in transferring Property Rights can be substantially reduced through operation of Land Registration System.
v) Stimulation of the Land Market: The introduction of a cheap secure and effective system for recording and transferring interest in Land should improve the operation and efficiency of Land Market.
vi) Security for credit: The land title can be used as Security against any loan, evidence suggest that the combination of a sound title with ability to raise Long Term Credit can give to a substantial increase in productivity in Land.
vii) Monitoring of Land Market: The Land information may be used to monitor and if necessary to control Land transactions, ownership and even fragmentation beyond economical holidays.
viii) Facilitating of Land Reforms: Land redistribution, Land consolidation and Land assembly for Development and re-development can be expedited through the ready availability of land Information on who currently owns what.
ix) Management of State land.: The Development of Land Information System and in particular the creation of Maps in Systematic manner will benefit the State in the Administration of its own Land which will often improve Revenue collection from the Land that it leases, protecting Public Land against encroachment and wholesale or furtive appropriation.
x) Improvement of Physical Planning: Field Information (Data) Collection and this processing is our Map and it’s supporting Documents i.e. (Land Records).
These Maps in their up to-date, accurate and complete form will serve all classes of citizen for which it has been designed in one way or the other summarized above.
With the increase of population there is tremendous pressure on Land which is resulting in the escalation of Land cost, frequent transaction of land are now a common occurrence.
The Solution for the problem of land Administration must be designed to suit the Social, National and Administrative Environment. A gradual adoption of the changes may lead to a more acceptable solution in the foreseeable future. Any formal change of Land Survey Record is on the Technological basis.
Adaptation of the available and new proven Technology has been made for speed and accuracy. Global Positioning System (GPS) has revolutionized Plan metric and vertical control of Mapping, computer and Digital Mapping is changing the concept of Map making. This is the latest Technological Advancement in the realm of Science of Surveying and Mapping prompted the Department for the switch over and in the process some centrally pondered schemes were formulated, out of which two has been approved and sanctioned for implementation.
i) Base Map survey of Nagaland
ii) Creation of records of Rights
Purpose to Serve
In order to avoid the application of field works, the map will be prepared with a view to serve the purpose of other map using agencies. It will be designed to serve the following with or without modification:-
- Land Administration
- General Planning
- Engineering investigation and Planning
- Irrigational Requirement
- Land used Planning
- Soil and water conservation requirement
- Acquisition/ Requisition
- Forest, Geological, water supply etc.
(Source: Directorate of Land Records & Survey, Nagaland)
Launching of the “Year of the Farmers & Agri Expo”
A training programme for the Master of Trainers in connection to the Year of the Farmers and Agri Expo was officially launched in the Directorate of Soil & Water Conservation conference hall on 10th of Jan. 2006.
The training modules are for a two day programme on “Participatory 3 Dimensional Model” and “Vermicompost”. This year the department will be organizing a series of training programmes to different levels of officials and farmers, to spread and reach out to even remote areas and nook and corners of the state.
In his speech, Director, Soil & Water Conservation, Alemba Jamir said, “Every farmer, every village in the state should be able to implement these innovative training tools at the ground level for better management and planning of the natural resources in a judicious and sustainable manner as the natural resources are limited.”
The resource persons of the training programme included Deputy Director, Imkong; Deputy Director, S.N. Singh; ASCO (Forest), K. Khekiho Shohe; Cartographer, Temjenlemba and JSCO, Ronsenlemzung. Altogether 63 officials from all over the district headquarters attended the training programme.
The key note address was delivered by the Project Director and Chairman of the Year of the Farmers and Agri Expo R.T. Asang Jamir and welcome address was marked by Director, Soil & Water Conservation, Alemba Jamir.
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