CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Dharani Integrated Land Records is the official portal for registration of agricultural and non-agricultural public property in the state of Telangana. Dharani was started by the Telangana government (land administration department) for the first time in the country.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dharani was launched on October 29 last year to make the land registrations transparent. It has recorded 5.17 crore hits in a year, with over 10 lakh transactions. Around 1, 80, 000 acres of land in the State, not granted pattadar passbook previously have been brought under Dharani.

Detailed explanation-3: -Q. Which state government has launched ‘Dharani’ Portal for land & property registrations? Notes: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has recently launched ‘Dharani’ Portal for land and property registrations. Telangana is the first state to use Information Technology services for land registrations.

Detailed explanation-4: -To ease the property registration process for the people of Telangana, the state government launched the Dharani Portal in October 2020.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to Ministry of Corporate Affairs data, the Philippine company - the new owner of the entity that runs Dharani portal - has appointed five directors – Gadhi Sridhar Raju, Karthik Krishnan, Ashish Shukla, Weiyang Mark Lim and Mei Mei Michelle Lee – on the board of TerraCIS Technologies.