HARYANA GOVERNMENT TO REPLACE (JAREEB) LAND MEASUREMENTS SYSTEM WITH THE GIS -BASED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED PROCESS OF THE OTHER MEASURES PROPOSED BY THE REVENUE DEPARTMENT.

Haryana Chief minister Shri Manohar Lat Khattar said in his budget speech earlier this week that Haryana is also planning to undertake several reforms required for modernization of the land records system and will replace old Persian or the urdu terminology as it has no significance and has too decided to do away with the ancient surveying chain ,called the jareeb , used for ages to measure the land. For centuries , jareeb has enabled land to be accurately survey and plotting required for the legal and commercial purposes and now this will be replaced by the modern measurements system of technology reforms. A modern technology based land measurements system will be put in place to replace the age-old chain link (jareeb) measurement .This will bring modern system of terminology and accuracy and reliability in the measurements of land revenue records and would reduce the scope of Disputes.It further stated that the Haryana government has also decided to work on the reforms required for the modernization of the land records system for service and will replace old Persian or the urdu terminology and the said terminology is now outdated and it has no significance at the present and too creating problems to the new generation joining the entry required for the functional justification and observations of the day to day working of the department of revenue As such the Aadhar , methodology for arriving at collector rates based on the fair market value of land, a technology based mechanism for a robust and the efficient transaction required in the system for service, redrafting of the land laws in modern context and consolidation of land using GIS- based technology process are some of the other measures proposed by the revenue department.