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India launches e-government platform for 125,000 villages and drone land surveys to put them on the map
India has launched a new e-government platform for rural villages and hopes it will advance their development and help increase the nation’s tax base. The new E-Gram Swaraj Portal will take advantage of the increasing electrification and connectivity available in Indian villages. The nation has proudly connected 125,000 local …
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Monday 27th April 2020 08:59 GMT Sgt_Oddball
For the sake of pointing out the obvious
To the down voter, this wasn't in reference to the end-of-times doomsday but instead to the Doomsday book. A work ordered by William the conquer and completed in 1086 to record England for the sake of defence, record keeping, land ownership and taxation. The parallels work perfectly, hence the comment.
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Monday 27th April 2020 09:55 GMT Chris G
Re: Bound to occur
Probably not, I suspect most rural Indians live in houses in villages that have never had formal registration, the same my wel go for the land they farm.
Often there are no issues until governments make them, once officials start going round registering land, that is when the arguments will start because up to that point the land had no official owner an those families living on and farming it have probably been there since the year dot.
This is largely an exercise to increase revenue so the poor will likely suffer at expense of those who can pay the taxes.
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