SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir has achieved 100 per cent digitisation across its foundational land administrative units, covering all 20 districts, 207 tehsils and 6,818 villages, the government said on Friday.
The figures were reviewed at a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on the progress of land-record digitisation and implementation of AgriStack in the Union Territory.
According to the Revenue Department, 68,62,596 land parcels, or Khasras, have been digitised, while a backlog of 6,47,274 mutations has been incorporated across all 20 districts, leaving no pending mutation backlog.
The department has also received 14,48,748 grievances, of which 14,38,571 were non-quasi-judicial. As many as 14,27,576 non-quasi-judicial grievances have been resolved.
The meeting, attended by ACS Finance Shailendra Kumar, Revenue Secretary Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, Divisional Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners and representatives of the RBI, BISAG-N and NIC, reviewed district-wise progress on Farmer IDs, Unique Land Parcel Identification Numbers (ULPINs), BhuNaksha and the proposed integration of digitised land records with the RBI’s Unified Lending Interface (ULI).
For AgriStack, the government said that against a base of 71,04,737 Khasras across 6,818 villages, data entry had been completed for 65,77,944 Khasras. Of these, 58,17,502 had been verified and 57,30,681 approved, amounting to 80.7 per cent of the total base.
In Jammu division, 2,770 of 3,750 villages had been fully approved, with a Khasra approval rate of 80.8 per cent. In Kashmir division, 1,945 of 3,068 villages had been fully approved, with an overall approval rate of 80.5 per cent.
A total of 1,21,472 Farmer IDs have so far been generated across 1,663 villages. Kashmir division accounts for 70,979 IDs across 836 bucketed villages, while Jammu division has generated 52,751 IDs across 827 villages.
The Kharif 2026 Digital Crop Survey is being conducted in 5,714 villages, covering around 30.61 lakh agricultural plots. Survey work has been completed for 30,61,696 plots, representing 96.55 per cent progress, while supervisors have approved 27,27,189 plots.
ULPIN generation has also expanded, with coverage increasing to 5,275 villages as of September 25 from 4,078 during the previous review. The number of ULPINs generated rose to 33,47,011, an increase of 4,08,887.
The meeting also reviewed the digitisation and integration of cadastral maps through BhuNaksha. Of 6,818 village maps, 6,468 have been handed over to BISAG-N and 6,049 received back. Geo-referencing of 425 maps remains pending, while attribute tables for 5,754 maps have been completed.
The process includes collection of Shajra/Mussavi maps, geo-referencing, Khasra-wise subdivision into daughter maps, topology and boundary checks, integration with Jamabandi or Record of Rights, and field validation by Patwaris.
The government is also proposing to integrate J&K’s digitised land records with the RBI’s Unified Lending Interface through specialised APIs. The proposed system is intended to enable secure access to land and farm-related information for agricultural lending, including landowner and parcel details, farm parameters, mortgage details, crop information and flagging of existing loans.
Dulloo directed Deputy Commissioners to ensure that no eligible farmer is excluded from AgriStack or Farmer ID registration and to submit certificates following verification. He also called for responsibility to be fixed for undue delays, regular field inspections and weekly progress reports.
ACS Finance Shailendra Kumar stressed that field agencies should prioritise farmers available in villages, which constitute the overwhelming majority of the target population, while exceptional cases involving absentees could be taken up later. He also asked Deputy Commissioners to frame operational guidelines for different situations faced by field staff so that procedural issues do not delay the work.
Revenue Secretary Kumar Rajeev Ranjan addressed issues raised by Deputy Commissioners during the meeting and provided solutions, the government said.
The Chief Secretary directed the concerned agencies to work to fixed timelines. Deputy Commissioners have been asked to complete locking of RoR/Jamabandi within one month of Farmer ID generation, complete Farmer ID generation in all bucketed villages and resolve issues involving unclaimed buckets and cross-district land parcels within two months.
Dulloo said the digitisation exercise should result in accurate, updated and field-validated land records, with the stated aim of improving citizen services, land administration and access to institutional agricultural credit.
