India, July 8 -- The Odisha government has decided to introduce a completely cashless and paperless land registration system across all registration offices in the state, aiming to make the process more transparent, efficient and citizen-friendly.

The decision was taken at a high-level review meeting chaired by Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari at Lok Seva Bhawan on Wednesday.

Under the proposed system, buyers and sellers will no longer have to visit registration offices to submit applications after finalising a land deal. Instead, the entire application process will be completed online. The parties will only need to appear before the registering authority at the time of execution of the sale deed for identity veri...