Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that Madhya Pradesh is first in the country in preparing the rights records under the Swamitva Yojana being run to provide the villagers the ownership rights of their status by surveying the rural population in the State.

So far, rights records of 1615 villages of the State have been completed under the scheme. The rights records of 100% villages of Harda district have been completed. The Percentage of villages where rights records have been completed is 41.

Under the Best Practice by the Government of India, other States have also been suggested to adopt the process of implementation of Swamitva Yojana on the lines of Madhya Pradesh.

Under the Swamitva Yojana, the villagers will be given a governmental document of the right over their property in the form of an ownership card. Through this document, they will be able to buy and sell their property and get loans from banks easily.