Maharashtra Revenue Department Plans to Move Records to Blockchain Technology

A authorities workplace with piles of paperwork mendacity scattered and information gathering mud is a standard sight. However, the Maharashtra income division won’t seem like that in a few years as it’s set for a change by adopting the blockchain know-how.

This digital technique of storing information in a enterprise community will allow district collectorates to have a quicker documentation course of and likewise save value, officers informed PTI.

On the International Fintech Fest held in Mumbai final month, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis mentioned the position of governance, particularly within the income division, goes to vary eternally within the subsequent two-three years.

“The blockchain know-how goes to avoid wasting quite a lot of time of a district collector, who has to spend important time in conducting hearings associated to errors in paperwork. There will probably be no typical or standard position left for a collector as soon as we utterly shift to the blockchain technology-based documentation,” he mentioned.

The income division offers with information of land, possession/property lease, registration of sale and buy, amongst others.

Residents have been elevating considerations for a few years about errors within the recording of names and actual particulars of a property.

Human intervention has at instances additionally led to land grabbing and pretend documentation to purchase or promote properties.

An extra collector-rank official mentioned using computer systems has elevated the velocity of documentation and land title information at the moment are out there on-line, but when some adjustments are made (unlawfully), it is vitally troublesome to seek out it and take motion.

“The blockchain know-how will preserve the document of each doc accessed by an official and adjustments made into it. Thus, it’ll test malpractices and likewise assist to seek out out when adjustments had been made and why,” he mentioned.

The official mentioned there are multiple crore land title paperwork in Maharashtra. Such paperwork are incessantly utilized by farmers to get crop mortgage and for different functions. The wedding registration course of additionally comes below the income division, he famous.

The blockchain know-how will scale back the burden on district collectorates considerably, he mentioned.

“Economically, this can be a win-win scenario for the state,” a senior official from the income division mentioned.

“With the documentation course of changing into error-free, will probably be simpler for the administration to deal with utilizing the time successfully for governance,” he mentioned.

It’ll additionally scale back the considerations of residents, particularly these not very educated and financially weak, concerning the security of their land information and minimise tampering of paperwork, he mentioned.

“It’ll additionally assist in saving crores of rupees spent on using paper and requirement of clerical employees just for the upkeep of information,” he mentioned.

The workplace of Inspector Normal of Registration and Stamps (IGR), which registers sale, buy or lease of properties, has already began e-registration of newly constructed properties within the state.

It’s solely based mostly on blockchain know-how and greater than 450 builders have opted for this technique to this point, an IGR official mentioned.

The division is without doubt one of the greatest income for the state with an annual contribution of greater than Rs. 45,000 crore, he mentioned.

Based on IGR Commissioner Shravan Hardikar, 28 lakh to 30 lakh property offers are registered in Maharashtra yearly. Out of those, about 4 lakh comprise newly constructed properties and are registered with the IGR.

“The IGR yearly faces a number of complaints about errors in property registrations, like errors within the spellings of names and property description. Even when 20 per cent of the full property deal registrations in a 12 months are to be corrected, it requires quite a lot of time of the employees,” a senior IGR official mentioned.

The blockchain know-how is predicted to avoid wasting this time in order that the division can deal with its core work of registration and assortment of stamp obligation, he mentioned.

Just like the IGR, different sections of the income division may even shift to blockchain know-how within the coming days, which can rework the functioning of the administration eternally, a senior official from the income division mentioned.