Jaipur, March 1 -- The Rajasthan government has decided to issue land ownership titles (pattas) to all temples built on rural residential (abadi) land and imposed fresh restrictions on the sale of meat in rural areas, a senior minister announced in the assembly on Thursday. State panchayati raj minister Madan Dilawar, in his reply to the debate on his department's demand for grants, said that the move was aimed at strengthening governance in the grassroots. Statewide drone surveys will be used to aid the process of issuing titles, said Dilawar, adding that the move aimed to address long-pending problems of access to water and electricity and land ownership disputes. 1.3 million beneficiaries have already received land titles under the Centre's SWAMITVA (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) scheme, he added. Dilawar announced graded approval powers for issuing titles through auction: up to Rs.2 lakh by gram panchayats, Rs.5 lakh by panchayat samitis, Rs.10 lakh by zila parishads, Rs.15 lakh by divisional commissioners, and above that with state government approval. In a separate development, Dilawar announced that meat shops in gram panchayat jurisdictions will now require licences to operate. They will only be allowed in commercial establishments and with valid health certificates, he said, adding that the restrictions will be strictly enforced. Dilawar's address also included new mandates for departmental employees. Employees at all panchayati raj offices across the state will sing the national song every morning and the national anthem at closing hours daily, he announced, adding that offices were now mandated to only use items manufactured indigenously, with foreign-made objects subject to seizure. The minister said that the officials of the department will visit villages at least four times a month to hold "Ratri Chaupal" and stay overnight. He said that the officials who fail to undertake village visits would have their official vehicles withdrawn and deposited in the vehicle pool. He also said officials would now be allowed to inspect areas beyond their assigned jurisdictions to improve monitoring. He added that cattle shelters would be developed over 20 hectares of land, along with ponds and plantation drives, at an estimated cost of Rs.400 crore. Dilawar said all villages in the state would be illuminated with streetlights and a special drive would be launched to remove encroachments, including from ponds. The minister informed the house that rural development schemes and construction works were being uploaded. Addressing sanitation measures, Dilawar said that door-to-door garbage collection vehicles will now operate in villages, similar to urban areas - a move he claimed would be a first in the country at BSR rates in Rajasthan. "There will be no compromise in the development of villages," Dilawar said....