After completing the initiative of providing online 7/12 extracts with digital signatures, the Maharashtra Revenue Department has now undertaken the initiative of digitisation all land-maps in the state.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday dedicated the service to provide online 7/12 extract with digital signatures to the state. Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil, chief secretary DK Jain, Konkan divisional commissioner Jagdish Patil, and settlement commissioner S Chockalingam were also present.

Additional chief secretary (Revenue) Manukumar Shrivastava said that providing 7/12 extracts with digital signatures is a huge task. He said that for the last two years, a total of 16 thousand 'talathis' who did not have any orientation for computerisation were trained for the task. These trained 'talathis' in return have made all the 7/12 extracts available online, which are documents of ownership of land.

Srivastava added that the digitisation of land records started back in the 1990s and subsequently land management information system and computerising the entire data was undertaken and completed. He also said that there are over 43 thousand villages spread over 357 taluka places. Currently, there are a total of 2.5 crore 7/12 extracts in the state and every district has 2.5 crore revenue related documents.

Shrivastava said that Maharashtra has a unique system and all 16 thousand talathis have been provided with data-cards. Shrivastava also said that now the department has started data integration and a pilot project to make digital maps has been undertaken in six districts. He informed that in the current financial year, 28 districts are expected to have digital maps ready.

CM Fadnavis announced that from August 1, 2018, any person can avail 7/12 extract online along with the digital signatures. The online 7/12 extract with digital signatures will not require any government authentication for any purpose, be it in a bank or court or at a police station.

Patil said that the extracts, especially mutation in the document, always happened at the whim and wish of the talathi. He said that a poor farmer had to wander around the village to look for the talathi, which will now be required because of the online service.

THE DIGITAL WAY

The online 7/12 extract with digital signatures will not require any government authentication for any purpose, be it in a bank or court or at a police station