How was the land records administration requirement captured for design of HimBhoomi software?
The land records system/administration followed in Himachal Pradesh is very complicated but very systematic with many convoluted linkages among various documents. The prime consideration of undertaking the computerisation was in line with the Central Government objective but this was taken slightly differently wherein a comprehensive Management Information System was proposed to be designed so that the databases generated out of the computerisation may be of use not only to the department of revenue but host of other departments including Judiciary, Election Commission, Census Department etc. However, to design a such a complicated system which not only various across the districts in Himachal Pradesh but across different Tehsils within the same district was a main challenge. Also it was observed that though the manuals prescribe a standardized way of writing the records but these were seldom adhere with the result that if there are 3000 Patwaries in the state then there were 3001 diff
