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Telangana: Will govt's land record 'purification process' result in 2 per cent GDP rise?

The state ushers in a sweeping reform, creating dependable digital land records using fresh surveys.

Nine weeks on, the massive re survey of all lands in Telangana, which began on September 15, has covered over half the state's 10,885 villages. Officials have found that, of the 6.97 million acres verified, ownership records of 8,72,000 acres appear fuzzy. The disputed lands are either in a court logjam, trapped in boundary disputes,

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