Gram Manchitra, eGramSwaraj and ULPIN: how they connect to SVAMITVA

SVAMITVA produces two things: highly accurate digital maps of village abadi areas, and property cards for the owners. Several other government systems sit around it. Some use its maps, some handle related land records, and some are often confused with it. The main ones are Gram Manchitra, eGramSwaraj, the Meri Panchayat app, ULPIN or Bhu-Aadhaar, the CORS network, DILRMP and NAKSHA, each with its own purpose and portal.

The short version

MoPR is the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. DoLR is the Department of Land Resources in the Ministry of Rural Development.

Gram Manchitra: village planning on SVAMITVA maps

Gram Manchitra is the Ministry of Panchayati Raj’s spatial planning application. It helps Gram Panchayats use GIS maps when they prepare their Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP), the yearly plan for village works. The SVAMITVA guidelines make “enhancement of Gram Manchitra” one of the scheme’s six components. As the drone survey moves forward, the digital maps it creates are used to make spatial tools for planning.

In practice, a Panchayat can see its roads, drains, ponds, schools, Anganwadi centres and open spaces on a 1:500-scale base map. It can then plan where a new drain or community hall should go and estimate the work more accurately. The guidelines expect SVAMITVA maps and data to be handed to the Ministry, through the NIC GIS division, on a continuing basis for this purpose.

For villagers: Gram Manchitra is a planning tool for Panchayats and officials. It does not issue or display property cards.

eGramSwaraj: Panchayat planning and accounts

eGramSwaraj is the Ministry’s work-based planning, accounting and monitoring system for Panchayats. Panchayats use it to upload their development plans, record works and their progress, keep accounts and make payments. It is integrated with the Public Financial Management System (PFMS). The Ministry reported that more than 2.59 lakh Panchayats had been onboarded to the e-Panchayat system, and that online transactions of over ₹3.16 lakh crore had been processed, as on 10 June 2026.

Is SVAMITVA linked to eGramSwaraj? In its Lok Sabha reply of 4 August 2026, the Ministry said plainly that the SVAMITVA Scheme is not integrated with eGramSwaraj, because eGramSwaraj is a work-based planning, accounting and monitoring system for Panchayats. Property cards are not issued or stored on eGramSwaraj.

Meri Panchayat app

The Meri Panchayat app connects residents with their Panchayat. It shows information on development works, Panchayat meetings and public assets. The Ministry reported more than one crore downloads by June 2026. It is a window into your Panchayat’s work, not a source of property cards. Get it only from your phone’s official app store, published by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, or through the links on panchayat.gov.in.

ULPIN (Bhu-Aadhaar) and its use in SVAMITVA

The Unique Land Parcel Identification Number, or ULPIN, is also called Bhu-Aadhaar. It is a 14-digit identification number given to a land parcel, worked out from the latitude and longitude of the parcel’s corners. It is part of the Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP) run by the Department of Land Resources, and it follows international standards for parcel identifiers. The idea is a single, authoritative ID for each parcel that every land-related service can use.

Key facts from official sources:

Sources: Department of Land Resources, ULPIN page; PIB, 1 January 2026.

The Department of Land Resources says some States and UTs, namely Madhya Pradesh, Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, already use ULPIN in SVAMITVA. In those places, your abadi plot may carry a ULPIN alongside its property number. Under the next phase, DILRMP 3.0, launched in September 2026 for 2026–2031, the government plans to give a Bhu-Aadhaar to every land parcel in the country.

CORS: the positioning network behind the survey

Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) are fixed satellite-positioning stations that send real-time corrections, so survey equipment can locate points to within centimetres. The Survey of India set up CORS networks under SVAMITVA to fix ground control points for the drone flights and to support ground truthing and demarcation. The Ministry describes the CORS network as public infrastructure, with positioning services of about 5 cm accuracy that other departments can use for development work and disaster management.

See how CORS fits into the survey on the drone survey process page.

DILRMP and NAKSHA: farmland and towns

• DILRMP (Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme) is the Department of Land Resources’ programme for computerising records of rights, digitising cadastral maps and linking land records with registration. It covers mainly agricultural land, which SVAMITVA does not. DILRMP 3.0 adds a GIS-based “Land Stack” and universal Bhu-Aadhaar.
• NAKSHA is a pilot under the Department of Land Resources that maps urban land and issues urban property cards (UrPro Cards). Towns and cities are outside SVAMITVA, which covers village abadi areas only.

The scheme guidelines ask States to align SVAMITVA records with their land-revenue records, and to integrate Bhu-Naksha or similar map software with the SVAMITVA maps. That way the abadi record and the farmland record do not contradict each other.

Other survey apps you may hear about

The scheme guidelines mention two Survey of India applications used during the work. SAHYOG collects the details of property owners during the survey and stores them on the Survey of India’s cloud. SARATHI automates map corrections that would otherwise be marked by hand on printed maps. Both are tools for survey teams and officials. Villagers do not need to install them, and neither issues property cards.

Property tax for Gram Panchayats

In states where property tax is devolved to Gram Panchayats, the SVAMITVA maps and records help Panchayats update their property and asset registers and assess tax more accurately. The guidelines ask the Gram Panchayat to update its property tax and asset register once the records are final. This is one way SVAMITVA links to Panchayat finances, even though it is not part of eGramSwaraj.

For how cards help families borrow, see bank loans on a property card. For the scheme’s background, see what SVAMITVA is.

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