MP tops in land records digitisation, followed by Odisha, Maha, Chhattisgarh, TN: NCAER

Economic think-tank NCAER on Thursday said Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu are the top states in terms of digitisation of land records and their quality.

Releasing the new NCAER Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI 2020), the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) said the data will energise land governance in India.

Scoring 60-75 points, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu were the five best-performing states on the N-LRSI.

West Bengal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh were the six states in the 50-60 points category.

Those trailing included Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Chandigarh, Kerala, Assam, Manipur, Delhi and Bihar.

"Over the years, different states have made significant progress in making their land records digitally available to citizens," NCAER said in a statement.

The N-LRSI aims to understand the extent of this progress and existing gaps and to identify .