The Land Rights Initiative organised a panel discussion on "Land and the Digital Revolution in India: Problem or Panacea?" on 22nd November, 2021, at the India Land and Development Conference to analyse the potential and pitfalls of four 1 Wahi, N. [...] CENTRE FOR POLICY RESEARCH DIGITAL REVOLUTION AND LAND RIGHTS IN INDIA schemes at the intersection of land and technology.5 This policy brief takes the discussion forward by highlighting challenges in conceptualisation and implementation of each of the schemes – some unique to each scheme, and some that are common, that need attention from policymakers at both the central and state levels. [...] Gender: With a large proportion of the rural workforce being women, it is pertinent to note that the records include ownership of women and allow them to change (mutate) the land records individually without dependence on the male head of the family. [...] Moreover, the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation, and Farmers' Welfare is laying down "India Digital Ecosystem of Agriculture (IDEA")" for AgriStack, which seeks to build a National Digital Agriculture Ecosystem to enhance the efficiency and productivity of the agriculture sector and to improve farmers' welfare and income outcomes. [...] The committee is headed by the District Collector and other prescribed members, and undertakes surveys and spatial mapping, fixes the physical boundary of slums, and prepares and publishes the list of slum dwellers who are eligible beneficiaries.18 However, there are areas in Odisha where land contestation is higher, and the land titling programme can be of better use.19 Therefore, some aspects to.
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