Why the map images cannot automatically reflect in the text based registers?
The map contains large number of field level details, which do not automatically find a place in the text-based registers. For example, a temple/irrigation well/dwelling house found on a parcel of land is easily marked in the map. Similarly an electricity line passing through a series of land parcels is easily marked on the map. These vital geographical markings should find a place in the text based registers as well. At present, only a few of these land details can be marked in the text based registers. This again is totally at the mercy of the Village officer's efficiency or otherwise. Thus one always finds the gaps between the map and the text based land record registers. Without an integrated computerised environment, the system has to heavily depend on the Village officers to incorporate these changes in the village (text based) registers. That is where one has to plan in a scientific manner and such a plan should be State specific and should not be nation specific.
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Despite the untiring efforts of Government of India, the map data had not reached the integrated online stage because of the huge task of converting the existing paper maps into electronic maps and the complications involved in such a conversion process.
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One may ask a question on the efficacy of the Government of India's effort in computerising the land records. True, the Government of India has been attempting to bring in total automation in land record administration right from 1988.
There are few success stories such as the Tiruvarur district's effort which brought in total automation of land record administration in all its 7 Taluk offices except the FMB part and the Karnataka Government's Bhoomi project which enables recording of cultivation details and carry out mutations online. The rest of the country had not done much in this respect despite the continuous and tireless efforts of Government of India. The Government of India had funded the entire project for the nation. Yet, the successes are far less in terms of results because of various factors. The foremost among them is that the Government of India has to totally depend on the individual State Governments for implementation. Each State requires a new methodology, which means each State, should have torchbearers. This apparently has been missing for the past 20 years.
The Government of India on its part kept moving its ladder, from computerising the text based land records to capturing and integrating the map records. This author had pleasant interaction with Government of India officials 5 years ago when the Government of India wanted to take an all out effort to capture the map data and integrate them with the text based land record data. This interaction resulted in a fully tested FMB map capture and administration software which can be fully integrated with the text based land records in collaboration with Siemens Information Services Limited, Chennai. Kodavasal, the second largest Taluk in Tiruvarur district benefited from this scheme by getting all its FMB sketches converted into database readable electronic format during 2000-2001. It is an important question as to why it had not been followed up for large scale implementation within Tamil Nadu and elsewhere in India. Despite the untiring efforts of Government of India, the map data had not reached the integrated online stage because of the huge task of converting the existing paper maps into electronic maps and the complications involved in such a conversion process.
