Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 19, 2023, distributed title deeds (Hakku Patra) to the eligible beneficiaries of newly declared revenue villages of Karnataka.
In line with the Prime Minister’s vision of 100 percent saturation of government schemes, about 1,475 unrecorded habitations have been declared as new revenue villages in 5 districts of Kalaburagi, Yadgiri, Raichur, Bidar and Vijayapura. The Prime Minister distributed title deeds (hakku patra) to the eligible beneficiaries of these newly declared revenue villages at the Malkhed village of the Sedam Taluka in the Kalaburagi district.
The issuance of title deeds to more than fifty thousand beneficiaries, who are largely from the marginalised and vulnerable communities from the SC, ST and OBC, is a step to provide formal recognition from the government for their land and will make them eligible for receiving government services like drinking water, electricity, roads etc.
Addressing a gathering, the PM said that this would ensure a bright future for the sons and daughters of such families living in ‘tanda’ inhabitations and took the opportunity to congratulate the citizens of the Banjara community of the five districts of Kalaburagi, Yadgiri, Raichur, Bidar and Vijayapura.
The Prime Minister emphasised that the development of basic amenities in the villages will get a boost after the tanda inhabitations get recognised as villages. He noted that families will live freely and availing of loans from banks will become a lot easier after getting their title deeds.
The PM also informed that the Central government was distributing property cards for rural houses across the country through the Svamitva Scheme and now the Banjara community in Karnataka can also avail of it.
The Prime Minister highlighted the PM Awas Yojna that gives pakka houses, toilets, electricity connections, piped water connections, and gas connections, and said that the Banjara community could now avail of all these welfare schemes of the double engine government.
“Living in the slums is a thing of the past now,” he said.
The Prime Minister informed that this government established a special development and welfare board for nomadic and semi-nomadic communities. “Our government is working to link these families with every welfare scheme,” the Prime Minister said.
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