2-Days Workshop in Guwahati on Land Governance in NE States

New Delhi: Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development in association with BN Yugandhar Centre for Rural Studies (BNYCRS) of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) is organising a Regional Workshop on “Land Governance in North-East States: Status and impact of policy reforms and Regional initiatives on customary and Indigenous laws in the VI Scheduled areas for the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura” on 3-4 May 2023.

Autonomous District Council (ADC) being a special feature of these states, this regional workshop is expected to open up a platform for strengthening policy discussions for streamlining the process of modernisation of land record management in the VIth scheduled areas.

The workshop was inaugurated by Ajay Tirkey, Secretary of Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Ministry of Rural Development and the participation of a high-level team of Senior Officers of the Ministry including the Additional Secretary HS Meena and Joint Secretary, Sonmoni Borah, Gyanendra Dev Tripathy, Principal Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management Dept. and senior officials from Revenue Land Records and Surveys from Government of Assam as well as from the respective State Governments and Autonomous District Councils of the region.

The Workshop is being organised in the campus of Assam Administrative Staff College, Govt. of Assam with active support of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Govt. of Assam and Assam Administrative Staff College. More than 30 participants from four states, i.e., Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura, Survery of India, Universities comprising officials from Land records, Revenue and Survey & Settlement departments, Autonomous district councils and Academicians join the workshop to discuss and deliberate on myriads of issues related achievements, challenges and way forward  to implement Digital India Land Records Modernisation Program and other initiatives of Central Government and to explore the means and ways of adaptation of this programs in VIth scheduled areas.

The diverse participants consisting of decision makers, policy experts and law makers in the workshop came together to discuss ways to achieve a faster and more efficient, effective land management system. The workshop will be quite informative and useful for different stakeholders as it will be enriched by a special session on World Bank’s Land Governance framework by an expert from the World Bank and field exposure visit to a village, where modern technology is being used for survey and settlement of land records.

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