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JAMMU: Former Minister and senior BJP leader Sukhnandan Choudhary welcomed the AgriStack initiative of the Government of India, being implemented under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, aimed at modernising the agricultural sector through digital databases and technology.
Sukhnandan Choudhary, accompanied by J&K BJP Media Incharge Dr Pardeep Mahotra, Kissan Morcha President Rakesh Pant, and former DDC & BJP SC Morcha Vice President Balbir Lal was addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu.
While addressing the media, Choudhary emphasized the urgent need to undertake comprehensive settlement and re-settlement operations across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to address widespread discrepancies, historical errors and deficiencies in the existing revenue records.
Choudhary asked the authorities to complete Bandobast, Jamabandi, while he pointed out that outdated and inaccurate revenue records in several villages have created confusion regarding land ownership, proprietary shares, possession, inheritance and other land-related rights. He further highlighted that numerous mutations relating to inheritance, sale deeds, gift deeds and other lawful transfers, particularly after 2015-16, are still pending or have not been properly incorporated into the revenue records.
Choudhary expressed concern that generating Farmers' IDs under the AgriStack initiative without first verifying and correcting the existing revenue records could create further difficulties for genuine farmers and landowners. He stressed that accurate and updated land records are essential to ensure that the benefits of digital agriculture reach the rightful beneficiaries.
He said that digitisation should not be limited to converting old records into digital form but must be preceded by comprehensive verification, correction and reconciliation of revenue records, including fresh settlement and re-settlement wherever required.
Choudhary demanded that the Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Shri Manoj Sinha, and the Chief Minister of J&K personally look into this important issue and take immediate necessary steps to initiate comprehensive settlement and re-settlement operations across all those villages where fresh settlement has not been conducted.
He urged the UT Government to ensure that pending mutations are duly attested and incorporated, ownership and proprietary shares are correctly determined, possession details are verified and all discrepancies in the existing revenue records are rectified before the generation and finalisation of Farmers' IDs.
He further appealed to the Lieutenant Governor and the Chief Minister to direct the concerned departments to formulate a time-bound action plan for updating revenue records throughout Jammu and Kashmir so that farmers and landowners do not suffer due to historical errors and administrative deficiencies.
Choudhary reiterated that the AgriStack initiative should benefit the farming community and that accurate, verified and legally sustainable land records must form the foundation of agricultural digitisation. He said that protecting the legitimate land rights of farmers and landowners must remain a priority while implementing new digital initiatives.
