Setting up of LARMIS on the cards

The Senior Member Board of Revenue Sindh Syed Ghulam Ali Shah Pasha has said that government had designed to establish Land Administration and Revenue Management Information System (LARMIS) within Revenue Department to ensure one-window operation services to land owners and revolutionise the record keeping in revenue transaction.
This he observed while addressing one-day seminar on the LARMIS at Shahbaz Hall, Shahbaz Building Hyderabad on Tuesday. He said that the proposed project would bring the required transparency in the whole revenue administration and land record.
The proposed system aimed to establish a one-window operation in revenue administration, as any applicant will be moving his application for issuance of any certificate or recording any change in the record.
He said that a web-based system would enable a common citizen or a farmer having access to required information without any hassle. The system would have the provision to cater to need of Banks and Courts in adjudicating matters raised before it in litigation, as these would be able to get the verification of all record by having the required access to the database.
He further said that the transparency introduced this way would alleviate the monopoly and restriction over land and revenue information and reduce the occurrences of encroachment over government land and property. The facilitation to Banks would help genuine farmers obtain loans against verifiable collateral.
The rural community in general would benefit from the proposed computerisation more as it would enhance the authenticity of their land asset records, which would help alleviate rural poverty with an improved access of financial resources to the community through banking sector. The system will provide a platform for access to all relevant services in rural agricultural sector.
Earlier, the matter pertaining to the land law, land utilisation, land revenue administration which includes assessment and collection of land water rates, laws regarding land tenure, relations between landlords and tenants, registration of deed and documents, registration, stamps and court fees, settlement and reassessment were discussed by participating stakeholders including growers' organisations. The seminar was also attended by representative of Asian Development Bank.