Land Secretary Md. Khalilur Rahman said the government's revenue has multiplied due to the digitization of land services.
Land Secretary Md. Khalilur Rahman made the remarks while addressing a workshop regarding the determination of new sectors for non-tax revenue income within the Ministry of Land at the meeting room of the Ministry of Land on Monday.
Officials from the Ministry of Land, Finance Division, and Land Services Digitization Vendor companies attended the workshop.
The land secretary said under leadership of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the direct supervision of Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, significant changes have taken place in land management digitization over the past few years.
“As a result of this progress, revenue collection from land has increased significantly,” he said. “In addition to ensuring an efficient, transparent, and user-friendly land service management, the Ministry of Land aims to ensure the efficient collection of 100% revenue from the land sector for the public interest.”
During the session, the secretary said the government has collected Tk 520 crores in taxes through the 'Smart Land Development Tax' system, about Tk 230 crores from the 'Smart Mutation' system, and about Tk 20 crores from the 'Smart Land Records' system so far.
“This totals to about Tk 770 crores, which have been collected through the automated challan system and promptly deposited in the government treasury. The daily average revenue is above Tk 5 crore.”
The workshop participants discussed various areas of revenue growth, including key aspects such as the digital transfer of land acquisition compensation from the IBAS system directly to the landowner's bank account, online verification of information related to Khas land, Acquired land, and Sairat Mahal through the land data bank.
Other topics included the productive use of Khas land, registration-mutation interconnection, completion of deed registration document writing through an automated system by paying the prescribed fee after land registration, creation of land classification and a database, digital monitoring through a dashboard, and the establishment of Kiosks in Union Land Offices.