Answer: Ministry of Rural Development
Notes: Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the NAKSHA initiative (National Geospatial Knowledge-based Land Survey of Urban Habitations). NAKSHA aims to modernize urban land records and increase transparency in property ownership and transactions. It is part of the Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP) and is implemented by the Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Ministry of Rural Development. The initiative focuses on mapping towns and cities for better land governance.
