New Delhi, Oct 11 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched physical distribution of property cards under SVAMITVA scheme through video conferencing, saying that beneficiaries will now have a right, a legal document of owning their houses.

He wished the beneficiaries of ‘SVAMITVA Scheme’ who have got property cards of their houses today, saying the scheme is going to bring historical changes to the villages in the country. “The country has taken another major step towards AtmaNirbhar Bharat, as the scheme helps in making rural India self-reliant,” he said.

Interacting with the beneficiaries of the scheme, the PM said “one lakh beneficiaries from Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh have been handed over the legal papers of their houses today”. He promised to give such property cards to every household in the next three-four years in every village of the country.

Mr Modi expressed happiness at distribution of property cards on the birth anniversary of two great leaders, Jai Prakash Narayan and Nanaji Deshmukh. The birth anniversary of these two great men did not merely fall on the same date, rather their struggle and ideals were also similar, he said and recalled that both Nananji and JP fought their entire lives for empowerment of Rural India and the poor.

The beneficiaries of the scheme are from 763 villages across 346 from Uttar Pradesh, 221 from Haryana, 100 from Maharashta, 44 from Madhya Pradesh, 50 from Uttarakhand and two from Karnataka.

Recalling Nanaji’s words that “when the people of the village remain trapped in disputes, neither they will be able to develop themselves nor society”, the Prime Minister said he also believed the ownership will become a great medium to end many disputes in the villages.