New Delhi, May 5 -- India's SVAMITVA scheme - a massive project to digitalise land records -will be in global focus at the World Bank Land Conference that begins on Monday in the US capital.
According to an official, a delegation led by Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj Vivek Bharadwaj, comprising of Joint Secretary, MoPR, Alok Prem Nagar, and Additional Surveyor General (Policy & Coordination), Survey of India, Shailesh Kumar Sinha, will represent India at the World Bank headquarters in Washington DC. The conference, themed 'Securing Land Tenure and Access for Climate Action: Moving from Awareness to Action,' is scheduled to be held from May 5 to May 8. The gathering will bring together global leaders, policymakers, experts and develo...