HYDERABAD: After years of confusion, delays, and frustration surrounding Telangana’s digital land record system , the state govt is rolling out Bhu Bharathi , a streamlined and overhauled Record of Rights (ROR) platform. Designed to address deep-rooted grievances plaguing the Dharani portal, this new initiative aims to simplify land transactions, correct past errors, and restore trust in the system millions rely on to prove ownership.
When the Congress govt assumed power in Dec 2023, it inherited 6.46 lakh pending Dharani-related grievances. These included patta lands being erroneously classified as prohibited, missing or incorrect survey numbers, name mismatches, and the non-receipt of pattadar passbooks. Since then, around 5.63 lakh cases have been resolved, with about one lakh grievances, including new applications, still awaiting action.
With a clearer roadmap, improved tech infrastructure, and administrative backing, the Bhu Bharathi Act aims to restore confidence in Telangana’s land record system, officials said. The Bhu Bharathi Act will be piloted in four mandals starting April 15, with plans to expand statewide by June 2. The pilot initiative will help identify implementation challenges, which the NIC will then address, an official said.
To accelerate the cleanup, the National Informatics Centre (NIC) took charge of the portal in Jan 2025. Since then, 105 new applications have been filed—82 resolved, and 23 remain pending due to technical issues like Aadhaar encryption and security audit problems, which officials say have now been addressed.
“Earlier, there were 33 modules, but now they will be reduced to six,” said revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy.
He criticised the BRS govt for introducing the old ROR Act in Sept 2020 without framing rules, which left officials power less to fix errors.
“Farmers had to go all the way to the CCLA office for even minor corrections,” he said. To support users, the govt has also launched ‘Bhu Mitra,’ an AI-powered chatbot, to assist citizens directly through the land portal.
The new Act includes reforms such as Bhudhaar cards, mandatory survey maps for registrations, and the revival of revenue courts. However, full implementation will take time due to the need for licensed surveyors and the recruitment of village-level revenue officers.
“Typographical errors can now be fixed by tahsildars,” said a senior revenue official. “Reviving revenue courts and certain services will take a couple of months. That’s why the government will notify the dates for specific services under the Act,” he said.
When the Congress govt assumed power in Dec 2023, it inherited 6.46 lakh pending Dharani-related grievances. These included patta lands being erroneously classified as prohibited, missing or incorrect survey numbers, name mismatches, and the non-receipt of pattadar passbooks. Since then, around 5.63 lakh cases have been resolved, with about one lakh grievances, including new applications, still awaiting action.
With a clearer roadmap, improved tech infrastructure, and administrative backing, the Bhu Bharathi Act aims to restore confidence in Telangana’s land record system, officials said. The Bhu Bharathi Act will be piloted in four mandals starting April 15, with plans to expand statewide by June 2. The pilot initiative will help identify implementation challenges, which the NIC will then address, an official said.
To accelerate the cleanup, the National Informatics Centre (NIC) took charge of the portal in Jan 2025. Since then, 105 new applications have been filed—82 resolved, and 23 remain pending due to technical issues like Aadhaar encryption and security audit problems, which officials say have now been addressed.
“Earlier, there were 33 modules, but now they will be reduced to six,” said revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy.
He criticised the BRS govt for introducing the old ROR Act in Sept 2020 without framing rules, which left officials power less to fix errors.
“Farmers had to go all the way to the CCLA office for even minor corrections,” he said. To support users, the govt has also launched ‘Bhu Mitra,’ an AI-powered chatbot, to assist citizens directly through the land portal.
The new Act includes reforms such as Bhudhaar cards, mandatory survey maps for registrations, and the revival of revenue courts. However, full implementation will take time due to the need for licensed surveyors and the recruitment of village-level revenue officers.
“Typographical errors can now be fixed by tahsildars,” said a senior revenue official. “Reviving revenue courts and certain services will take a couple of months. That’s why the government will notify the dates for specific services under the Act,” he said.
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