Land Stack Project Portal has been formally launched in a hybrid mode as a first-of-its-kind national digital land governance initiative, with pilot implementation in Chandigarh (UT) and Tamil Nadu (State).
The project integrates property and parcel-level land records on a GIS-based digital platform, enabling single-window access to comprehensive land-related data.
About Land Stack Project
What is Land Stack?
A GIS-based integrated digital land platform that consolidates all land records into a single accessible interface.
- Developed under Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP)
- Inspired by models in Singapore, UK, Finland
- Provides property details, ownership records, deeds, encumbrances, litigation status
- Covers urban sectors + historical village areas
- Includes revenue identifiers like Hadbast, Khewat, Mustil, Khasra numbers
- Bridges rural and urban land records on one platform
Core Objective
To create a citizen-centric, transparent, and interoperable land information ecosystem by consolidating records from multiple departments into one unified platform.
Key Features of Land Stack Portal
- GIS-based integration of parcel & property-level information
- Access to:
- Ownership details
- Deed records
- Encumbrances
- Litigation status
- Unified interface replacing multiple departmental portals
- Scalable, interoperable, and future-ready architecture
- Designed for integration with:
- National digital platforms
- Utilities datasets
- Advanced technologies
- Chandigarh & Tamil Nadu portals to act as reference models for other States/UTs
Benefits for Citizens & Governance
Citizen Benefits
- Single-window property search
- Better transparency & trust in land records
- Reduces dependence on physical office visits
- Minimises risk of unauthorised / non-compliant property purchase
- Enables informed decision-making
Governance Benefits
- Improves administrative efficiency
- Enhances inter-departmental coordination
- Strengthens data-driven governance
- Major e-Governance reform in land administration
- Supports ease of doing property transactions
Glossary of Revenue Terms (GoRT) Released Alongside Land Stack
Purpose
To bring clarity, comparability, and uniformity in land revenue terminology across India while retaining State-specific terms.
Background
India’s land revenue systems evolved from:
- Todar Mal reforms (Mughal era)
- British settlement systems — Ryotwari, Mahalwari, Zamindari
Resulting in different meanings for similar terms like Khasra, Dag, Paimash, Pula etc.
Prepared by
- Department of Land Resources (DoLR)
- In collaboration with Centre of Excellence in Land Administration & Management (CoE-LAM), YASHADA, Pune
Key Highlights of GoRT
- Provides meanings of revenue terms in:
- Vernacular languages
- Hindi
- English
- Roman scripts
- Facilitates:
- Terminology harmonisation
- Interoperability of land data at the national level
- Acts as an authoritative reference for:
- Revenue officials
- Policymakers
- Judiciary
- Citizens
Significance of These Initiatives
- Establishes transparent and unified digital land governance
- Bridges rural-urban land record gaps
- Enhances service delivery & public trust
- Marks a major reform under Digital India & DILRMP
- Strengthens India’s move toward modern, technology-driven land administration