Why in the News?
The Karnataka government has amended its land revenue law to modernise the Jamma Bane land record system in Coorg. The Karnataka Land Revenue (Second Amendment) Act, 2025 received assent from Governor Thawarchand Gehlot on January 7, 2025.
About Jamma Bane Lands
- A distinct land tenure system prevalent only in Kodagu district
- The word Jamma means hereditary
- Lands were granted between 1600 and 1800
- By erstwhile Coorg kings
- Later by British administration
- Granted in return for military service
- Associated closely with the Kodava community
Nature of Jamma Bane Holdings
- Consist of two land types
- Wetlands used for paddy cultivation
- Forested highlands converted into coffee plantations
- Ownership recorded in the name of the original pattedar
- Names of successors added but primary ownership never changed
- Resulted in
- No clear title for current owners
- Difficulty in sale or purchase of land
- Problems in securing bank loans
- Frequent inheritance disputes
| [2024] With reference to the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme, consider the following statements:Â
1. To implement the scheme, the Central Government provides 100% funding 2. Under the Scheme, Cadastral Maps are digitised 3. An initiative has been undertaken to transliterate the Records of Rights from local language to any of the languages recognized by the Constitution of India Which of the statements given above are correct? (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 |
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