How Can Technology Help in Providing Secure Property Rights?
Land of a BillionDecember 24, 2021
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How Can Technology Help in Providing Secure Property Rights?

Over the last few years, technology has made inroads in almost all aspects our lives — work, education, social interactions, governance and even land administration. 

Up until ten years ago, getting a copy of your land records would have meant a trek to the tehsildar's office. However, today, in a majority of districts and states, it is possible to access digital copies online. 

Today, technology is being leveraged to ease the processes of land registration, records and documentation, but there are many challenges when it comes to scaling technology in land administration.

In this episode we discuss the various challenges that comes when using technology for land administration in different states, we also discuss the learnings from different countries who have successfully championed this process.

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Host: Bhargavi Zaveri, a researcher interested in land and access to finance, Land of a Billion is a fortnightly podcast series produced in association with the Property Rights Research Consortium.

Guests:
Sanjay Kumar, Secretary, Government of Goa,
Jagdeesh Puppala, Former CEO, Foundation for Ecological Security (FES)

Music: Big Bang Fuzz

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