Abstract

The caselet, ‘Project Bhoomi: Streamlining Land Records in Karnataka, India,’ provides an overview about the ways in which Project Bhoomi was implemented in the state of Karnataka, India. Implementation of Project Bhoomi, which looked at digitizing land records, was a government project and required an approach unseen in the history of projects implemented by government authorities. The government joined hands with private entities to make the project successful. Project Bhoomi won international acclaim.

Learning Objectives

The case is structured to achieve the following Learning Objectives:

• Making Information Technology work for the masses
• Co-ordination of a project among various stakeholders for its successful implementation
• and Standardizing inputs and outputs are part of project implementation.

Keywords

Project Bhoomi, Government of Karnataka, Ministry of Rural Development, Land Records, Village Accountant, National Informatics Centre (NIC), Microsoft, Cisco, Rajeev Chawla and Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM)