Odisha Government to Introduce QR Codes on Land Ownership Documents for Instant Verification

Key facts

• The Ministry of Revenue and Disaster Management in Odisha will introduce Quick Response (QR) codes on land ownership documents, known as Record of Rights (RoR) or pattas.
• The QR codes will allow users to instantly verify a property’s full profile, including its location, parcel map, and transaction history beyond the standard 30-year window of an Encumbrance Certificate (EC).
• This initiative is part of the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP), a 100% centrally funded scheme launched by the Union Government in 2016.
• The digitally generated records will be tamper-proof, and any unauthorised modifications to the RoR will trigger automatic alerts to revenue inspectors and tehsildars.
• The state will conduct a comprehensive land survey integrating spatial data from satellite imagery with maps from the Survey of India (SoI) and Forest Survey of India (FSI) onto a unified Geographic Information System (GIS) platform.
• The GIS platform will represent each plot as a closed polygon identified by a unique plot number linked to the RoR database to synchronise map data with textual records.