Facts for Prelims (FFP)
Source: Economic Times
Context: Assam Chief Minister announced the initiation of a survey of land within char (riverine) areas under Mission Basundhara 4.0, aimed at settling land in these regions.
- Mission Basundhara is a program in Assam, India that aims to make land revenue services more accessible to citizens. The program includes land-related services like:
- Land mutation
- Updating land records
- Delivery of services to people at their homes through online mode
Mission Basundhara 1.0 was launched on October 2, 2021, and Mission Basundhara 2.0 was launched on November 14, 2022. Mission Basundhara 3.0 will aims to ease the process of buying and selling land and end conflicts between families arising out of land boundaries.
The riverine areas (island) of the river Brahmaputra, locally known as “Char/ Chapori”
The chars follow a peculiar pattern of migration.
They are subjected to erosion on their upstream and deposition on the downstream, due to which they migrate downstream.
