<p>Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday launched the 'e-Dharti Geo Portal' that will integrate legacy drawings such as maps and lease plans in the management information system and make it geographic information system (GIS)-enabled, a statement said.</p>.<p>Puri said the land & development office (L&DO) is dealing with around 60,000 properties that are commercial, residential, industrial as well as institutional.</p>.<p>According to the ministry, the L&DO has devised a property certificate incorporating details and the outline map of the property which is available online on the portal.</p>.<p>The statement said the minister urged all organisations to undertake efforts to identify more activities that need to be automated and made free of human interface.</p>.<p>"The power of technology is immense and there is no reason that India, which has a formidable capacity in the area of software technologies, cannot harness this strength to our advantage," he also said.</p>.<p>The Union minister said the move will integrate legacy drawings such maps and lease plans in the management information system (MIS), namely e- Dharti, and make it GIS enabled, it stated.</p>.<p>Union Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra, Land & Development Officer Amit Kataria and other senior officers of the ministry were present at the online event.</p>.<p>Kataria gave detailed information about the portal, the statement said.</p>.<p>It stated that the certificate to be offered includes property details like land type, property type, date of allotment, property status, sub-type, plot area, date of execution of lease deed, property address, details about present lessee and litigation status among others.</p>.<p>The property certificate, which will give all the relevant details about the property to the lessee as well as prospective purchaser, will be available by paying a nominal fee of Rs 1,000 and can be accessed by the public by visiting the L&DO website - www.ldo.gov.in.</p>.<p>This measure will benefit the general public, particularly the elderly, it said, adding that the move will also help in avoiding unnecessary litigations.</p>.<p>Through the certificate, the lessee of the property will be able to get the basic details of his/her property along with the map showing its location.</p>.<p>This measure will also help a prospective purchaser to ascertain the details of the property as well as whether any suit or proceeding is pending in respect of the property, the statement added.</p>
<p>Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday launched the 'e-Dharti Geo Portal' that will integrate legacy drawings such as maps and lease plans in the management information system and make it geographic information system (GIS)-enabled, a statement said.</p>.<p>Puri said the land & development office (L&DO) is dealing with around 60,000 properties that are commercial, residential, industrial as well as institutional.</p>.<p>According to the ministry, the L&DO has devised a property certificate incorporating details and the outline map of the property which is available online on the portal.</p>.<p>The statement said the minister urged all organisations to undertake efforts to identify more activities that need to be automated and made free of human interface.</p>.<p>"The power of technology is immense and there is no reason that India, which has a formidable capacity in the area of software technologies, cannot harness this strength to our advantage," he also said.</p>.<p>The Union minister said the move will integrate legacy drawings such maps and lease plans in the management information system (MIS), namely e- Dharti, and make it GIS enabled, it stated.</p>.<p>Union Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra, Land & Development Officer Amit Kataria and other senior officers of the ministry were present at the online event.</p>.<p>Kataria gave detailed information about the portal, the statement said.</p>.<p>It stated that the certificate to be offered includes property details like land type, property type, date of allotment, property status, sub-type, plot area, date of execution of lease deed, property address, details about present lessee and litigation status among others.</p>.<p>The property certificate, which will give all the relevant details about the property to the lessee as well as prospective purchaser, will be available by paying a nominal fee of Rs 1,000 and can be accessed by the public by visiting the L&DO website - www.ldo.gov.in.</p>.<p>This measure will benefit the general public, particularly the elderly, it said, adding that the move will also help in avoiding unnecessary litigations.</p>.<p>Through the certificate, the lessee of the property will be able to get the basic details of his/her property along with the map showing its location.</p>.<p>This measure will also help a prospective purchaser to ascertain the details of the property as well as whether any suit or proceeding is pending in respect of the property, the statement added.</p>