@article{Joint Secretary A B M Azad, ndc_2017, place={Dhaka, Bangladesh}, title={DIGITIZATION OF LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM – BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVE}, volume={16}, url={https://ndcjournal.ndc.gov.bd/ndcj/index.php/ndcj/article/view/202}, abstractNote={<p>Bangladesh is a very small country in terms of size.So land is a acute crisis item<br>in this country. Rapidly declining land-man ratio is about to push Bangladesh<br>economically unsustainable level. On an average about 220 hector of arable<br>land is being converted everyday to develop housing and infrastructure. The<br>study shows that present land records are in a dilapidated condition, existing<br>land administration system is ineffective and legal provisions particularly land<br>related legal systems are backdated and almost obsolete. Service seekers and<br>land owners are always facing undescribable sufferings in this area. The ominous<br>picture deserves a vigorous change in the existing system of land management.<br>The huge volume of land records data requires creation of fully automated data<br>base, digital survey system and web-based flow of information for establishment<br>of a need based use plan which ultimately ensure rational and calculated use of<br>the scarcest resource i.e. land. Previous Land reforms and digitization efforts are<br>not effective nor encouraging. In fact, digitization is not mere an introduction<br>of ICT. The main objective of the digitization of land management is to arrange<br>speedy and user-friendly service to the sevice seekers and formation of a realistic<br>land use plan at all relevant level. Development of a web based land information<br>system at Upazila level and issuance of legally authenticated Certificate of Land<br>Ownership (CLO) would be a gigantic task. The research suggests that, without<br>effective political commitment at top level and full professionalism, challenges of<br>digitization cannot be addressed. The real effects of changes with technical and<br>human needs to be carefully considered and reform should have proper adjustment<br>in the respective context. Bureaucratic limitations should be managed by ensuring<br>participation of civil society and private sector entities which will consolidate<br>the reform effort. In this effort,most important program is improvement of the<br>institutional capacity and enabling legislation. Consciousness at all level should<br>be developed as a movement. Only then some positive impact can be visualized.</p>}, number={1}, journal={NDC E-JOURNAL}, author={Joint Secretary A B M Azad, ndc}, year={2017}, month={Jun.}, pages={98-117} }