Rural Land Division

Background

The Rural Land Division renders land administration and land management services pertaining to rural land. It is one of the oldest divisions formed sometime in early 1960s. This Division was under the Ministry of Finance prior to its merger with the then Office of the Chief of Survey. The Division maintains the Chhagzhag Sathrams and all important documents related to land conveyance.

Mandates and functions of Rural Land Division

Mandates

  • Land administration
  • Land management
  • Maintenance of Chazhag Sathrams

Functions

  • Execute land transactions
  • Update and maintain Chazhag Sathrams
  • Process private land acquisition
  • Process land substitutes and compensations
  • Process land allotment to Government Agencies and Religious Institutes
  • Process exchange of state land with rural registered land
  • Conduct field verifications for resolving discrepancies
  • Submit findings and reports to the Commission
  • Implement decision of the Commission and Dispute Settlement Committee
  • Implement directives received from the Office of the Gyalpoi Zimpon

Core products and services

Products

  • Chhazhag Sathram series
  • Lagthrams
  • Dzongkhag Sathrams, Drungkhag Sathrams and Gewog Sathrams
  • Proof of land ownerships for various purposes
  • Thram database

Services

  • Land transactions
  • Chazhag Sathrams management
  • Processing private land acquisitions for national interests
  • Processing land substitutes and compensations
  • Processing land allotment to Government Agencies and Religious Institutes
  • Processing exchange of state land with rural registered land that are affected by natural calamities or inaccessible
  • Field verifications for resolving discrepancies
  • Implementation of the decisions of the Commission and Dispute Settlement Committee
  • Implementation of the directives received from the Office of the Gyalpoi Zimpon

Customers

Internal

  1. Cadastral Information Division (provide Thram details)
  2. Legal Division (provide Thram details)
  3. Urban Land Division
  4. Dzongkhags
  5. Gewogs
  6. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests
  7. Ministry of Works and Human Settlement
  8. Ministry of Economic Affairs

External

  1. Thram holders and illegal occupants

Delivery of products/services to the customer

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Delivery of products and services of RLD

Key stakeholders

  1. Courts
  2. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests
  3. Dzongkhags
  4. Gewogs
  5. Financial Institutions
  6. Ministry of Home And Cultural Affairs

Organizational structure

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Organizational Structure of Rural Land Division

Strengths, weakness, challenges in delivering the services and products

Strengths

  • Have comprehensive digital database
  • Good team work
  • Good infrastructure

Weaknesses

  • Most of the staff did not have formal training
  • Inadequate manpower

Challenges

  • Biggest challenge is quality manpower
  • Change in technologies
  • Different types of clients

Linkage of service/products to the overall vision, mission of NLC

Land tenure security and efficient service delivery lead to good governance