Modern record rooms at 72.5% completion, DILRMP implementation lags

The Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj examined the implementation of the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP) to assess progress in digitizing land records, modernizing registration systems, and establishing modern record rooms, which directly impacts citizens' access to secure and accurate land ownership documents.

Who it concerns: Ministry of Rural Development (implied by Committee jurisdiction), State Governments, Autonomous District Councils (in Sixth Schedule areas), and the general public (landowners and citizens interacting with revenue and registration offices).

What the committee found

• Committee noted that as of January 2026, 99.8% of records of rights were computerised, 97.4% of cadastral maps digitised, 95.7% of sub-registrar offices computerised, and 88.6% of registration offices integrated with revenue offices.
• Committee flagged that key components remained pending across states, including modern record rooms, surveys/re-survey, and integration of textual land records with digitised maps.
• Committee recommended completing pending activities within a defined timeline and expediting approval and operationalisation of DILRMP for upcoming years.
• Committee recommended implementing auto-triggered online mutation nationwide to resolve delays and discrepancies caused by separate registration and mutation processes.
• Committee recommended prescribing timelines for the disposal of mutation, correction, and other revenue cases.
• Committee observed that progress in establishing modern record rooms was comparatively lower at 72.5%.
• Committee recommended completing modern record rooms, digitising and preserving legacy land records, and developing standards for preservation and retrieval of physical and digital records.
• Committee recommended ensuring legal recognition of digitally signed records of rights across all states.
• Committee recommended a dedicated implementation strategy for Sixth Schedule areas (Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram) developed in consultation with Autonomous District Councils, state governments, and traditional institutions.
• Committee recommended completion of consent-based Aadhaar linkage and mobile number linkage with records of rights by all states to prevent fraud and impersonation.
• Committee recommended automatic SMS and electronic alerts to registered landowners whenever a transaction or mutation request is submitted.
• Committee recommended evaluation of the NAKSHA pilot program and a phased strategy to expand it to other urban local bodies with adequate financial and technical support.

Also in the document

• Progress in the establishment of modern record rooms was noted to be comparatively lower at 72.5%.
• Auto-triggered mutation, which automatically generates an electronic mutation request upon registration, has been implemented in only 17 states.