National Symposium on NAKSHA and LandStack

The Department of Land Resources will convene a National Symposium on NAKSHA and LandStack on December 3, 2025, at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. Organised as part of GeoSmart India 2025, the event aims to accelerate the use of geospatial technologies to modernise urban land records and strengthen citizen services nationwide.

Reviewing the NAKSHA Pilot for Urban Land Mapping

The symposium will present a detailed review of the NAKSHA pilot, which uses modern aerial surveys and feature-extraction technologies to map over 157 cities. Deliberations will address technical challenges, including accuracy in dense urban clusters and alignment of aerial data with existing cadastral maps.

Advancing LandStack as a Unified Digital Ecosystem

Experts will examine the architecture of LandStack, India’s proposed nationwide digital land ecosystem. Discussions will focus on integrating cadastral layers, geospatial datasets and administrative records within a federated model built on common national standards to ensure seamless data exchange among states and agencies.

The UrPro Card and Legal Integration Across States

A major theme is the UrPro Card, envisioned as a single digital property document. Sessions will explore the legal reforms and institutional alignment needed to embed the UrPro Card into registration, mutation, property tax and building-permission workflows, enabling secure and transferable digital property rights for citizens.

Exam Oriented Facts

• NAKSHA pilot covers land mapping in over 157 urban centres.
• LandStack aims to unify cadastral, geospatial and administrative records.
• UrPro Card proposed as a single trusted digital property document.
• WebGIS, AI/ML and 3D mapping form core technologies showcased at the symposium.

Technology-Driven Urban Land Governance

The symposium will feature demonstrations of WebGIS and cloud-based geospatial services, highlighting their role in improving transparency, accuracy and accountability. The initiative reflects the government’s whole-of-government commitment to replacing legacy systems with modern, citizen-centric digital land administration to support the vision of Viksit Bharat.