Maharashtra’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S Chockalingam heads the high-level committee set up by the Union Rural Development ministry to launch its ambitious Land Stack project. It is currently launched on pilot basis in Tamil Nadu and Chandigarh. In an interview with Alok Deshpande, Chockalingam talks about the project and how it aims at allowing citizens to make informed decisions with availability of every necessary information related to the land it plans to deal with.

What is the Land Stack project?

In the past two decades or so, different departments in the government have digitised the records, be it land records, survey, development plan or registration of property. Even though different departments have digitised their records, as a citizen, if I need even a small piece of i

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