Karnataka: Digital property record project at 29 sub-registrar offices

The state government has picked 29 sub-registrar offices, including a dozen in Bengaluru, for a project in which legacy property records will be scanned to create digital versions to preserve them and prevent fraud.

This was a budget promise made by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

Once the project is done, all registered property records will be available online — some of them dating back to 1856-57 — for public access.

Under the project, all existing property records up to 2004 will be scanned and digitised for which Rs 10 crore has been provided, the government has said in an order. Records from 2003 onwards, such as encumbrance certificates, are already available in digital format.