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The HimBhoomi software is an end result of lots of efforts of both revenue department and National Informatics Centre, Himachal Pradesh. The system of land records maintenance in India is very complicated which makes the software design and development as complicated. However, due sustained efforts the software has been developed and caters to the requirements of the revenue department to a great extent.

Major Highlights

1.   Exact replica of existing manual system with improvements & compatible to 
 requirements thereby enabling its replication without any resistance from the 
 revenue staff.

2.  Includes land reforms detail, a unique feature that has not been attempted in any similar software in the country.

3.  Assignment of Unique code to each individual appearing in any capacity in land records thereby enabling to know the extent of land possessed, which could be base for many e-governance applications.

4.  Includes customary rights & Forestry (TD) rights details that are often
requisitioned by various Courts of Law.

5.  A complete MIS as it encompasses Minor Irrigation census, agriculture census details there by providing much of information desired for conducting irrigation & agriculture census which are conducted after every five years involving the huge implicit and explicit physical & financial costs.

6.  Linkages with Census Codification enlarge the scope of data and information.

7.  Facilitate the online mutation entry and generation of Nakal and Jamabandi.

8.  Facilitates the computerisation of record in both rural and urban area.

Technical Features Link Details

1.  Ensures rationalisation and standardisation of various documents during entry thereby minimizing errors.

2.  Very simple to execute and easily operated by the Patwari.

3.  Data Entry in Local language that is Hindi.

4.  Extensive codification like land types, caste/sub-caste types, cultivator types,9-fold land classification, general remarks etc with the availability of codes on the screen.

5.  Extensive online and offline validation routines and screen reports.

6.  Three tier security like logins, roles and database level.

7.  Built In User Manuals.  

HimBhoomi Modules

The HimBhoomi software in Himachal Pradesh has following modules:

Gram Nideshika

This module helps enter all the revenue administration related locational codes likes patwar circles, Kanungo circles etc. into the Census information. This information is regularly updated. The correlation between the two has made it possible to generate various query based reports. This information generated is being used by many departments like Telecom department to lay down the cables, research institutes for conducting the research on socio-economic status of the villagers etc.

Master Entry Module

This module allows the initial/first time entry of the Shajra Nasb, Jamabandi. The data entry is ensured in local language that is Hindi. The user interface is very simple, easy to understand and operate. Various checks help to ensure the correct data entry. The module also help to record the errors found in the manual record and stores this information for correction as per the manual system of correcting the errors.

 View Computerised Jamabandi sample                           View Computerised Shajra sample

HimBhoomi-LaPort Module

Since the master data is fed at district headquarter a mechanism to port this data from district to Tehsil and vice-versa is made available in this module. The software establishes a connection between Oracle server on one hand and SQL Server in the other hand and transfers the data without much of user intervention except supplying the parameters based upon which the porting is to be conducted. This module further has two components:

2.   Restoring of Data from SQL Server 2000(From district) to SQL Server 2000(In 
     Tehsil)

Various features of the software are:

1.  The data porting takes place from oracle 7.0 to Microsoft SQL Server 2000 two  machines are involved. But the software intelligently connects both the machine in the background without user intervention and makes the data porting a very easy job.

2.  Simple and easy to understand with useful messages and help given on the screen.

3.  Provides various criteria based upon which the data porting can be performed.

4.  Ensures the data Integrity and avoids the redundancy while porting/ re-porting.

5.  Maintains various logs / error statistics available both on screen as soft copy and hard copy.

6.  Last but not the least, the user is not lost in between as he/she knows at what stage the porting is and how many records have been ported

HimBhoomi-Mutation Module                                                              

This module helps to enter various mutations and other changes in the Jamabandi. The module takes into account the following types of changes:

a.     Changes Due to Mutations including Court Orders

b.     Changes Due to Government Orders / Notes

c.     Changes Due to Fard Badr(Errata)

d.     Possession Changes From Harvest Inspections

e.     Changes in land types from Harvest inspections

Since the number and types of mutations are numerous, a mechanism is evolved and sub-mutation types codes are devised which had not only made the entry of any type of mutation but also make it easier for the revenue staff to enter the mutations.

HimBhoomi-ROR (Nakal) Distribution Module

One of the main objectives of the land records computerisation is to provide the Nakal to the general public without any inconvenience. With the help of the software the information related to various requests are entered and printouts of RoR are given instantaneously. The main features of this module are:

1.   Online & offline provision of issue of Records-of-rights information

2.   Search facility to identify the owner is provided to identify the owner if the individual does not know the ownership rights/details.

3.   Easy maintenance of cash received and nakals being issued.

4.   Easy supervision by Tehsildar with the help of various reports available in the  
 software.

The documents for which Nakal will be available are as follows:

1.     Shajra Nasb(Genealogical Tree)

2.     Jamabandi(Records of Rights)

3.     Wazib-Ul-Arj (Customary Rights)

4.     Naksha Bartan(Forestry/TD Rights)

The Technology

About Manuals

Not only the software is made easy, simple to understand but three manuals are prepared for the users so that they are not dependent upon the software developers. These manuals are:

Learning's

Complexity of the Land Record System

Land record computerization in India has been very difficult. There are many complexities in the mutation and crop updation process.

To implement land record computerization a dedicated set of people with a deep understanding of land records process with minimum technical background is needed beside there is requirement of commitment from each official from the level of Patwari to the senior officer.

Robust and Simple application

The Application to handle all the land records processes has to be simple and robust. The Application should take care of all the complexities, still should to be simple to use and meet the requirements of the system. The revenue people are as traditional as the system of land records administration in India, hence to make them accept the application can only be possible when the software takes into account the total requirements in full.

Retention of old processes

To minimize the resistance from the officials’ significant part old process of mutation should be retained while changing most of the inefficient process of manual system. Even the terminology to be used by the revenue official has to be what they are using actually.

However, it is better if the government thinks of using some simple terminology that too in Hindi instead of Urdu/Persian dialect.  

Road Ahead

1. Conversion HimBhoomi application into three-tier architecture/ Web enablement 
    of the land records. 

2. Introduction of Encryption/decryption of data. 

3. Introduction of bar codes in the Nakal. 

4. Use of watermark stationery for printing various reports. 

5. Introduction more robust methods to check the errors during the entry. 

6. Linkage with GIS system.

7. Making available mutation copy. 

8. Integration of HimBhoomi with HIMRIS (Himachal Registration Information System).

9. Provide backend data for the Issue of various certificates like caste, backward 
    class, agriculturist, domicile certificates from HimBhoomi databases.