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E-Land M anagement I n Bangladesh

N oor U ddi n A l Far uk
1/ 10/ 2013
M aster s Student
Gr aduate School of Economi cs
Y A M A GU CH I U N I V ERSI TY




06. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT:
The traditional manners of service delivery in land administration are causing many repeated complaints
and dissatisfaction from citizens such as red tape, corruption, rigid procedures, delaying and too much
bureaucracy.
2%equivalent of GDP has pick pocketed from the service seekers in every year.
Most of the criminal cases (85%) and civil suits emerge circling land litigations.
There are many frauds and vague documents manipulated and used in daily works due to the lack of
systematic work and data base.
The governments image amongst foreign investors, businesses communities and the public has become
tarnished.
Land Development Tax is considered inefficient in prevailing system and contributes a little to the
economy.
In order to eradicate these problems, it needs a great move to apply ICT to land administration. It will help to
develop an integrated, comprehensive and user friendly land management and administration system to enhance
the speed and quality of public service delivery. As digital technology has been recognised by Information
Communication Technology (ICT) Act 2006 and ICT Policy 2009 E-land is believed to be able to install in land
administration. Having the same socio-economic and environmental situation the neighbouring Indias Karnataka
Province adopted BHOOMI for Mutation and KAVERI for registration in an integrated fashion that does the excel
in services.
In recent past three Technical Assistance works done by World Bank, AusAid and Asian Development Bank
brought significance modernizing land management. Thus, integrated land management system will get supports
from government, business people and individual for security reasons and promotes the lawful and orderly use of
land. A fair and equitable system for collection of land taxes and transaction fees, and enable the efficient
utilisation and control of the government estate on behalf of the community will be ensured.
07. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT:
i) Improve equity in land administration through increased transparency and access.
ii) Improve the efficiency of the land administration process.
iii) Create an efficient property market.
iv) Reduce the incidence of land disputes and litigation
v) Increase Government revenues from land.




01. PROJECT TITLE : E-LAND MANAGEMENT IN BANGLADESH
02. Sponsoring Ministry/Division : Ministry of Land
Executive Agency : i) Ministry of Land
ii) Department of Survey and Settlement
03. Location of the Project : 12 Upazillas (sub-distict)
04. a) Estimated Cost of the Project : US$5 million
b) Exchange Rate Used with Date : 1 US$ equivalent to 78 BDT
c) Amount Requested From JICA (US$) : 04 million
d) Government Inputs (US$) : 01 million
e) Implementing Agent Inputs : Executing Personnel, Office spaces, Training
Institute, Land data
05. Project Duration : 05 Years
06 Expected Starting Date : 01 January 2015
08. EXPECTED RESULTS OF THE PROJECT:
The followings social, economic and other benefits will be accrued from the introduction of an efficient and
transparent Land Management System:
a) Provides hassle-free land related services.
b) Support for land and property taxation in transparent and efficient manner.
c) Reduces land disputes in extensive way that will accelerate growth of the country
d) Develop and monitor land markets and protect state lands.
e) Facilitates rural land reform
f) Improve urban planning and infrastructure development.
g) Support environmental management.
h) Produce a lot of statistical data.
09. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT:
09.1 COVERAGE OF E-LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM:
09.2 SERVICES PROVIDED:
a) Digitized Land ownership certificate with plot map
b) Land Registration
c) Land development Tax Payment
d) Land Acquisition
e) Civil case related Information
f) Supply of all land related Records
09.3 LEGAL FRAMEWORK CONCERN:
Legal Concern Observation
a) State Acquisition and Tenancy Act, 1950
b) The Registration Act, 1908
c) ICT Act, 2006
The mutual interaction and relevancy are
fully available to undertake this initiative.
09.4 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK CONCERN:
Institutional Concern Observation
a) Ministry of Land
b) Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary
Affairs
c) Ministry of Public Administration
These three Ministries have legally bound
obligation to work each other in land matter.

Introduction of Coverage Comment
i. Mutation Software
ii. Digital Mapping
iii. Registration
Software
iv. Land Development
Tax (LDT) calculation
the complete and current record of
every land plot in the database,
namely the dimensions, size and
unambiguous identification of every
plot and its spatial relationship with
all other land plots;
the complete record of all rights and
ownership in every plot;
the complete record of existing
encumbrances on all plots;
current and complete records of all
transactions in the land; and
secure, timely and incorruptible
storage and retrieval of this
information.
1. These four
softwares will
work in integrated
manner.
2. Data can be
retrieved through
online.
3. Online services.

09.5 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE:

The project procures required materials for twelve Upazillas (sub-district) within six months of start. Next
two and a half year time is required to establish the Land Management Administration Systems Software
(LAMS) and survey operation and train staffs. The fourth year for the transition activities and the fifth year
to initiate and continue the maintenance activities. Survey operation will be introduced only the project
areas. But Mutation and Registration will be initiated all over the country having Soft Land Data from
Department of Survey and Settlement, Bangladesh. The project survey operation will be replicated
afterwards if successful.

09.6 PROCUREMENT PACKAGES:

Items Installation Places
i) IT equipment and software;
ii) Geodetic survey control equipment;
iii) Cadastral survey and mapping equipment,
accessories and consumables;
v) Transport vehicles;
vi) Civil works;
vii) Office furniture and fixtures;
viii) Miscellaneous equipment and items; and
ix) Services for aerial photography, ground surveys.
- Upazilla Land Offices;
- Field camps to be established for Land
Ownership Certificate Preparation(LOC);
- Project Implementation Unit
- Department of Land Record Survey (DLRS) Central
LOC Record Room;
- Land Price Unit and Land Reforms Board;
- Training Centre;

Procurement Procedure
- International Competitive Bidding;
- Local Competitive Bidding;
- International Shopping; and
- Direct Purchase/Negotiation.
PPR, Bangladesh and JICA Procurement Guidelines
will be followed

09.7 TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR CONSULTING SERVICES:

All international and domestic experts, each with appropriate qualifications and experience, will be
recruited in accordance with the countrys regulations and JICAs Guidelines on the Use of Consultants.
The experts will be based in Dhaka, but they are expected to rotate among the project areas and other
districts and upazila offices. They will be working as a team in close coordination with each other in the
implementation of various sub-components of the project.

10. SOCIAL IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT
Land administration reform is expected to generate a wide-ranging positive impact on the country's socio-cultural
framework. The following immediate, medium and long-term social impacts are anticipated:
security of land tenure;
transparency in the operation of the LAMS will help to restore trust and confidence among people over
land transactions;
reduction of public harassment and land disputes;
increased access to land ownership and participation in land management by women;
access to land ownership by communities and ethnic/tribal minorities;

11. FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSES
The proposed system will help to improve governance, enhance economic growth and reduction poverty by
providing accurate land information to government and the public.

increased economic mobility and access to credit;
more efficient land markets.
greater investment incentives once that secure title to the land asset has been assured;
increased labour mobility again resulting from the knowledge of the secure possession of land;
the creation of collateral value for land leading to an enhanced total supply of credit, especially for inputs,
thus facilitating increases in production levels; and
reduced transaction costs in land and credit markets.

There are three further linkages:
the provision of greater labour incentives leading to greater investment and therefore economic growth;
increased labour mobility and reduced transaction costs, both leading to enhanced efficiency in resource
use and thus to further economic growth; and
the increase in credit supply and the opportunity to transform the land resource into a more liquid asset,
both leading to further financial development and, thus, economic growth. Aspects of these outcomes
and linkages are discussed further below.

12. PROJECT BUDGET:
















Note: (A*B*C*D*) =(person*month*year*remuneration amount)





Name of the component Cost (US$)
Project Personnel: (A*B*C*D*)
Internal Experts 3*12*5*3000=540,000.00
International Experts 2*12*5*3500=420,000.00
Consultants 1*12*5*4000=240,000.00
Sub-Total: Personnel 1,200,000.00
Administrative Support Staffs 10*12*5*500=300,000.00
National Professional Project Personnel 10*12*5*800=480,000.00
Officials Travel 100,000.00
Component Total 880,000.00
Training:
Group Training / Study Tours 100,000.00
In-service Training 100,000.00
Component Total 200,000.00
Equipment:
Expendable Equipment 1,820,000.00
Non-Expendable Equipment 500,000.00
Premises 50,000.00
Component Total 2,750,000.00
Miscellaneous:
Operation, Maintenance and Repair of
Equipment
50,000.00
Publications and Report Costs 50,000.00
Sundry, and Communications 50,000.00
Component Total 150,000.00
Grand Total 5,000,000.00

13. MONITORING and EVALUATION:
DESIGN SUMMARY VERIFIABLE INDICATORS MEANS OF
VERIFICATION
RISKS/ASSUMPTIONS
Objectives
Improve equity in land
administration through
increased transparency and
access.
Transparency in Land
Ownership Certificate (LOC)
Preparation and Appeals.

Introduction of one
authoritative record.

Good public access to the
Land Administration System.
Increase in annual
revenue
from Transfer fees and
taxes.


Technical manuals
developed and
institutionalised.
Political will and strong
Government support.

Strong financial justification.
Improve the efficiency
of the land administration
process.
Complete institutional
integration of all land
administration functions.

Introduction of appropriate
technology &
methodologies as normal
practice.
Orders from the
ministries
of Public Administration,
Land and
Law, Justice &
Parliamentary Affairs.
Inter-agency rivalry and
turf insufficient to prevent
institutional reorganisation.

Government continued
investment in training.
Create an efficient
property market.
For urban areas, a 5%
annual increase & for rural
areas, a 2%annual
increase in transfers within 2
years of conversion to LOC.
Monitor transfers in LOC
Upazillas.
High-level Government
support, willingness to
enact reform measures.
Government continued
investment in public
awareness.
Reduce the incidence
of land disputes and
litigation.
Reduce land-related court
cases by 5%per year.
Monitor court
proceedings
and judicial data
summaries.
Acceptance of new
system by public and
Government investment
and training.
Increase Government
revenues from land.
Achieve 10%annual Land
Development Tax,
beginning after investment
increase in real revenues
from Land, within targeted
Upazilla.
Review annual revenue
receipts from the Land
Development Tax.
Co-operation of
Government revenue
units and publics
willingness to pay.
Improve the speed of
the land acquisition
process.
Reduce time required to
acquire land for
development projects.
Survey development
projects to find time
required for land
acquisition.
Transparency and public
trust in land administration
system can be restored.
Transition to a Land
Ownership Record.
Compile the Land
Ownership Record and
prepare LOCs for all plots
within Project Upazillas.
Review statistics from
Upazilla Land Offices.
Perceived transparency
of LOC Preparation
process developed.
Maintenance of the
Land Ownership
Record.
Establish efficient
procedures and production
targets for maintenance of
the Land Ownership Record,
via fully operational land
offices within each of the
initial Upazilla, eg. transfers of
ownership carried out
within 24 hours.
Buildings for Upazilla
Land Offices
constructed.
Upazilla Land Office
commence handling
transactions. Review the
number and rate of
dealings annually.
Perceived transparency
of maintenance systems
built within Upazilla Land
Offices.
Upazilla Land Offices
adequately resourced.
Institutional
Strengthening of Land
Administration
Agencies.
All land administration
functions carried out by a
single Government agency.
GOB sanctioned single
agency. Approx. 1500
staff trained in the LOC
system.
Interagency rivalry.
LOC Training Centre
sufficiently resourced on
an on-going basis.
Building Public
Awareness &
Confidence.
Conduct public awareness
campaign on a national
basis, as well as targeted
in Project Upazillas.
NGOs provide support
through establishment of
Upazilla Community
Groups. Reduce land-related
court
cases by 5%per year.
Review Upazilla Land
Office statistics on
participation rates via
dealings.
NGO provide feedback
mechanism.
Review statistics of court
cases. Follow-up
socioeconomic
surveys.
Public suspicion that the
LOC Preparation will
mean paying more
money.
NGOs reject system.
Judiciary prolongs
landmark rulings under
new legislation.
Project Management
Support.
Project achieves predicted
benefits within timeframes
and budget.
Regular Project reports.
Benefit monitoring &
evaluation procedures
established and
conducted at regular
intervals.
GOB regulation hampers
timely progress.


SIGNATURE OF THE HEAD OF THE EXECUTING AGENCY
WITH SEAL AND DATE
RECOMMENDATION AND SIGNATURE OF SECRETARY
OF THE MINISTRY OF LAND WITH SEAL AND DATE