The state government has decided to digitise registration documents since 1850.The registration department is struggling to protect several hundreds of tonnes of manual records in its office buildings. Over 50 per cent of the office buildings are either located at private premises or in dilapidated structures. Since land records are very crucial for handling registration deeds, the government has decided to go for complete digitisation.
“We are planning to digitise about 15 crore documents under the new initiative,” inspector general of registrations and stamps department, V Ramakrishna told.
He said that M/s. W.B.S.P.Ltd was selected through e-Procurement and a letter of intent (LOI) sanctioned for digitalization of legacy records since the 1850s. He said that around 15 crore pages will be digitised in order to preserve them safely and make them available to public when needed.
The registration department is also experimenting a new software application in SROs, Kankipadu and Renigunta.
Upon completion, the modification of the application based on feedback, the application will be rolled out in the state.
“NIC, Pune, developed a software application to provide registration services at all SROs in the state under the NGDRS Scheme. It is being in test check in SROs, Kankipadu and Renigunta and shared the feedback with developer. After completion of the pilot project and modification of the application based on feedback, the application will be rolled out in the state,” said Ramakrishna.
He said that they have also decided to fix CC cameras at all the SROs and streaming them to head office to bring transparency.
