India, June 17 -- New Delhi

The Delhi government, in a bid to modernise land administration in the Capital, is planning to establish a directorate of survey and settlement to create a unified system to manage land-related information and services, officials said on Tuesday.

This will involve functions, such as protection against encroachment, and monitoring property and land registration.

Officials said the proposed body will function as a nodal agency for maintaining land records and overseeing land surveys across Delhi. The directorate is expected to be created under the proposed Delhi Land Management Act, which the government is preparing to bring in to ensure that all land records are brought under a single administrative framework...