Patna: Bihar is accelerating the digitisation of registered land and property documents with the state govt targeting the digital conversion of nearly five crore registration records dating from 1908 to the present. The initiative, launched last month, aims to make property records secure and easily accessible online.As per minister, prohibition, excise and registration department, Madan Sahni, the digitisation drive is expected to significantly benefit citizens. Obtaining certified copies of registration documents will become faster, while digital records will make it easier to resolve complaints and disputes related to land and property registration. Once the digital system is fully operational, people will be able to access information about property ownership remotely, he said.Official sources in the department said digitisation of documents registered from 1996 to the current year had already been completed, while the department was now focusing on records from the 1990-95 period. The department is currently working on around 33 lakh documents registered between 1990 and 1995. Of these, nearly 20 lakh documents have already been digitised.Meanwhile, around 68 lakh documents registered between 1996 and 2005 have already been digitised across various registration offices, and verification of errors in these records is nearly complete. Bihar has 145 registration offices, where digitisation of nearly two crore documents registered between 2006 and 2025 has also been completed. Errors identified during the process have been rectified.Bihar has a long history of land registration. Registration of land began in 1796 in Patna, Muzaffarpur and Purnia. The digitisation of nearly five crore records is expected to preserve this historical data and make property-related information more secure and accessible.
