Launch of the Second Phase of the NAKSHA Capacity Building Programme tomorrow

The Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, through the Department of Land Resources (DoLR), will initiate the second phase of capacity-building for the NAKSHA (NAtional geospatial Knowledge-based land Survey of urban HAbitations) programme starting from 2nd June 2025, at five Centres of Excellence (CoEs) nationwide. The initial stage of the capacity building program aimed at training 160 master trainers from the participating states/UTs of NAKSHA was completed in May 2025.

This stage of the training initiative will be launched online by Shri Manoj Joshi, Secretary, Department of Land Resources on 2nd June 2025 at 10:00 A.M. In this training initiative, 304 officers from ULB and district levels have been selected from 157 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). These officers will receive practical training in utilizing contemporary geospatial technologies for efficient urban property assessments.

The training aims to equip ULB officers and field staff with the technical and practical skills required to oversee high-accuracy land surveys under the NAKSHA programme. Modules cover the programme framework, GNSS and ETS-based surveying, Web-GIS application, land parcel mapping, and the legal-administrative aspects of land surveys.

As India’s urban population is projected to surpass 600 million by 2031, the demand for contemporary, reliable, and readily available land records has intensified significantly. The NAKSHA initiative tackles this issue with a daring, tech-centered strategy.

The NAKSHA initiative is being executed by the Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Government of India, in collaboration with the Survey of India, NICSI, MPSeDC, and five Centres of Excellence as a pilot project. NAKSHA has been introduced in 157 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) spanning 27 States and 3 Union Territories.