Question

Extract 7 indicates a record of rights.
a. True
b. False

Answer 1

Hint:
- The land is unique as an asset because it is immovable, its value depends on its position, and its demand continues to increase with an increasing population, although its supply is minimal.
- The effect of access to land (or land rights) on livelihoods, industrial, economic and social development is wide-ranging

Complete answer:
The assumption of land ownership in India is -
- Land ownership in India is mainly defined through a recorded selling deed (a record between the buyer and seller of the property transaction).
- The record of rights (document with descriptions of the land), property tax receipts and survey records are also other documents used to determine ownership. However, these records do not constitute a government-guaranteed property title but are simply a record of the transfer of property.
- The onus of verifying past ownership records of a property is on the buyer during such transactions. Therefore as determined by such sales deeds, land ownership in India is presumptive in nature and subject to challenge.

To prepare the 7/12 extract, Extract 7 and Extract 12 are mixed -

- The extract of 7/12 is an extract of the land register kept in India by the revenue department of the governments of Maharashtra and Gujarat.
- The extract provides information on the land survey number, the name of the owner of the land and its farmer, the area of the land, the type of cultivation, whether irrigated or fed by rain, the crops planted in the last season of cultivation.
- It also documents loans provided by government agencies to the landowner, including the reason - such as loans or subsidies for the purchase of crops, pesticides or fertilisers for which the loan was granted, which may be granted to the landowner or to the farmer.
- It is one of the documents that provide proof of the ownership of the land it represents.
- On the basis of the 7/12 extract, the ownership of a specific plot of land may be identified in rural areas. It is referred to as the Record of Rights or the Record of Land Rights.
Extract 7 provides detailed details about the property owner and the landholder's rights and liabilities.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note:
- Land records consist of different types of information (property maps, sales deeds) and are kept at the district or village level through various agencies. Such departments run in silos, and the data is not properly updated across departments.
- Hence in land records, inconsistencies are sometimes noted. In the past, surveys were not carried out or completed to update land records, and maps were not used to define real property boundaries on the field. Hence the property documents do not match the location on the ground in some records.