{
  "id": 4569284,
  "title": "Digital land records: How maps, drones and Bhu-Aadhaar are changing property identity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/digital-land-records-how-maps-drones-and-bhu-aadhaar-are-changing",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T03:38:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/real-estate/news/indias-land-records-go-digital-how-maps-drones-and-bhu-aadhaar-are-changing-property-records/articleshow/133640242.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "India is digitizing land records and creating unique digital identities for parcels. Over ninety-nine percent of land records are now computerized and georeferenced. A fourteen-digit identification number, Bhu-Aadhaar, is assigned to over forty crore land parcels. Drones are utilized for precise mapping of urban areas under the NAKSHA program. This digital land architecture aims to foster…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}