A high-level Indian delegation is ready to current its SVAMITVA Scheme and Gram Manchitra platform on the World Financial institution Land Convention 2025, happening from Could 5-8 on the World Financial institution Headquarters within the US capital of Washington DC, the Panchayati Raj Ministry stated in a press release Sunday.
Led by Vivek Bharadwaj, Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR), and comprising of Joint Secretary, MoPR Alok Prem Nagar, Extra Surveyor Basic, Survey of India Shailesh Kumar Sinha, together with senior officers from Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, the delegation will current its flagship SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Know-how in Village Areas) Scheme at two key periods throughout the upcoming worldwide discussion board on land governance.
This 12 months’s World Financial institution Land Convention, themed “Securing Land Tenure and Entry for Local weather Motion: Shifting from Consciousness to Motion”, will convey collectively international leaders, policymakers, specialists and growth companions to discover methods for securing land tenure, modernising land administration for sustainable growth and climate-responsive governance.
Underneath India’s flagship SVAMITVA Scheme that gives authorized possession of rural properties utilizing drones and geospatial expertise, property playing cards to over 24.4 million households throughout 1.6 lakh villages have been issued, mapping over 100 million property parcels and unlocking an estimated USD 1.162 trillion (roughly 100 crores) in land worth.
India will play a key function on the World Financial institution Land Convention 2025, whereby the SVAMITVA Scheme shall be spotlighted as a transformative mannequin of rural empowerment by way of drone mapping, high-accuracy geospatial knowledge, and platforms like Gram Manchitra for climate-aligned planning.
With functions in tax administration, infrastructure, and catastrophe preparedness, SVAMITVA exemplifies inclusive, tech-driven governance.
India’s management in digital land reforms and its dedication to South-South collaboration shall be central to the worldwide dialogue on scalable and people-centric land options.
The convention agenda consists of high-level plenary periods, regional workshops, thematic exchanges, and an innovation expo, all targeted on accelerating safe land entry, modernising land administration programs, and driving climate-responsive governance.
Classes will spotlight greatest practices, operational methods, and cutting-edge analysis on scaling up land tenure reforms, selling the usage of geospatial applied sciences, and constructing resilience within the face of local weather challenges.
Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj Vivek Bharadwaj, will characterize India as a Nation Champion within the Plenary Session on “Good Practices and Challenges in Land Tenure and Governance Reform” whereby SVAMITVA Scheme’s impression on rural property rights, ladies’s empowerment, and dispute decision, contributing to international discussions on SDG Goal 1.4.2 (Proportion of whole grownup inhabitants with safe tenure rights to land, (a) with legally acknowledged documentation, and (b) who understand their rights to land as safe, by intercourse and kind of tenure) shall be mentioned.
Alok Prem Nagar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, will lead a Technical Session on “Establishing the Land Basis for Local weather Motion and Catastrophe Threat Administration” whereby India’s Gram Manchitra platform, which makes use of SVAMITVA’s high-resolution spatial knowledge to assist village-level planning, photo voltaic vitality web site choice, catastrophe mitigation and rural growth shall be showcased.
India’s participation within the 2025 World Financial institution Land Convention marks a major milestone in international rural land governance. In March 2025, India hosted a six-day Worldwide Workshop on Land Governance with delegates from 22 international locations, the place SVAMITVA drew sturdy curiosity for its digital mapping and geospatial method, with a number of nations expressing intent to collaborate.
