UPPCS GS-VI

UP Rural Abadi Records Bill-2025 for SVAMITVA gharaunis

Battle IAS UP current affairs title card: UP Rural Abadi Records Bill-2025 for SVAMITVA gharaunis (, 7 August 2025)

What happened

  • The Cabinet approved the UP Rural Abadi Records Bill-2025 to give legal backing to rural property records. [UP Cabinet]
  • Under SVAMITVA, 1,06,46,834 gharaunis have been prepared and 1,01,31,232 distributed in UP. [UP Cabinet]

Background

  • SVAMITVA uses drone surveys to map village abadi land. [UP Cabinet]

Why it matters

  • A law makes the gharauni a legal title, which banks can accept for loans.

How to use this in Mains

GS-VI land records in UP

  1. A law makes the gharauni a legal title, which banks can accept for loans.
Quotable data point

The Cabinet approved the UP Rural Abadi Records Bill-2025 to give legal backing to rural property records [UP Cabinet].

UP Information Dept: Cabinet decisions, 7 August 2025 (Hindi PDF)

Exam angle

UPPCS

GS-VI: land records in UP.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPPCS

A "gharauni" in UP is

Answer (b) & explanation

Source: as cited in this article.

Go deeper

Official source: UP Information Dept: Cabinet decisions, 7 August 2025 (Hindi PDF)

facts from cited sources only; numbers machine-checked against source text; faculty review pending