Khata certificates are now going digital
Khata certificates are now going digital Palike launches software that will allow users to upload and access all property-related documents In a couple of weeks, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will start issuing digitally signed ‘A’ and ‘B’ Khata certificates in 100 wards in the city. With a successful pilot run in three wards, the civic body is all set to introduce a new web application called ‘e-Aasthi’ — which has been integrated with another web application ‘Kaveri’ in more wards. On Friday, BBMP Administrator Gaurav Gupta and Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad announced the launch of the new web portal, which has been customized for the civic body by the National Informatics Centre (NIC). The new software is expected to reduce property registration-related fraud as the revenue officer will have to link his/her Aadhaar number before logging into the account for making any property-related transactions. Some of the salient features of e-Aasthi are: property records...