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8.4.3  Urban Property Management System: e-Aasthi

Due to the digitization of data, many states have digitized property records and

enabled transactions on a digital platform only to enable the seamless exchange of

information as displayed in Figure 8.5.

8.4.3.1  Current Scenario

Workflow-based e-governance system where urban local body revenue officials enter

data in the field itself during visits. It then creates digitally signed property records

for more transparency. There are many contributors for maintaining the data of own­

ership, rights and liabilities.

8.4.3.2  Challenges

Despite the digitization of data, there are several fraudulent transactions and land

disputes due to the lack of a single-source-of-truth for land ownership and the possi­

bility of data manipulation. Also, high turn-around-time (TAT) for service delivery,

which is showcased in Figure 8.6.

8.4.3.3  Proposed Blockchain Solution

e-aasthi is an e-governance system to be integrated with the blockchain to maintain

a ledger by all departments. Rules to be defined for updating attributes related to the

FIGURE 8.4  Blockchain-based PDS. (From Centre of Excellence in Blockchain

Technology, Blockchain for Government. Retrieved 7 April 2020 from https://blockchain​.gov​.

in​/Whitepaper​_30jan​.pdf)