President presents Bhumi Samman awards

President Murmu said digitisation of land records will play an important role in development of rural areas

"Digitisation increases transparency. This mission of digitising land records will have a positive impact on rural development," she said.

The awards were given to nine state secretaries and 68 district collectors for achieving saturation of the core components of DILRMP.

Many people in rural areas have land records in the name of their forefathers & are not able to get registrations done due to lack of information & resources

The president urged the government to look into such cases.